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, Chrondroterygia, Hypostomata, Teleostomata, Argentinoideorum, Aspidoganoidei, Ptilichnus, Dipneusta, Percidarum, Otolithopsis, Charitosaurus, Lepidoleprus, Rhytiodus, Azygostei, Malacostomata
Subtaxa: none