Clade Actinopterygii Cope 1887 (ray-finned fish)
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1887. Zittel's Manual of Palaeontology. The American Naturalist 21(11):1014-1019
Parent taxon: Osteichthyes according to D. Delsate 2003
Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Andreolepis, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Discordichthyiformes, Ganoidei, Iniomi, Lophosteus, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Tythonichthys, Aspidoganoidei, Malacostomata, Ptilichnus, Percidarum, Dipneusta, Charitosaurus, Otolithopsis, Azygostei, Chrondroterygia, Rhytiodus, Hypostomata, Argentinoideorum, Teleostomata, Lepidoleprus
Subtaxa: none