Clade Percomorpharia (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Batrachoidimorpharia, Carangimorpharia, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiimorpharia, Scombrimorpharia
Subtaxa: Acropomatidae Caesionidae Caproidae Centrarchiformes Centrogenyidae Chaetodontidae Cirrhitiformes Emmelichthyidae Enoplosidae Ephippiformes Epigonidae Gerreidae Howellidae Kuhliidae Kyphosidae Lateolabracidae Leiognathidae Lobotidae Malacanthidae Monodactylidae Moronidae Oplegnathidae Pempheriformes Percichthyidae Polyprionidae Pomacanthidae Priacanthidae Scatophagidae Sciaenidae Siganidae Sillaginidae Sinipercidae Terapontidae Uranoscopiformes
Ecology: nektonic omnivore