Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Malacanthidae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Branchisteginae Lopholatilus Malacanthus
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