Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Batrachoidimorpharia, Carangimorpharia, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiimorpharia, Scombrimorpharia
Subtaxa: Acanthuriformes Acropomatidae Caesionidae Caproidae Centrarchiformes Centrogenyidae Chaetodontidae Cirrhitiformes Emmelichthyidae Enoplosidae Ephippiformes Epigonidae Gerreidae Haemulidae Howellidae Kuhliidae Kyphosidae Labriformes Lateolabracidae Leiognathidae Lobotidae Lophiiformes Lutjanidae Malacanthidae Monodactylidae Moronidae Oplegnathidae Pempheriformes Percichthyidae Perciformes Polyprionidae Pomacanthidae Priacanthidae Scatophagidae Sciaenidae Siganidae Sillaginidae Sinipercidae Spariformes Terapontidae Tetraodontiformes Uranoscopiformes
Ecology: nektonic omnivore