Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes
Parent taxon: Osteoglossomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Bogan et al. 2010, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Ebersole et al. 2019, Li et al. 1997, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Newbrey and Bozek 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Chandlerichthys, Hiodontiformes, Jiuquanichthyidae, Joffrichthys, Kipalaichthyidae, Kuyangichthyidae, Lycopteriformes, Shuleichthys
Subtaxa: Arapaimidae Foreyichthyidae Gymnarchidae Heterosteoglossum Lopadichthys Monopteros Mormyridae Notopteridae Opsithrissops Osteoglossidae Osteoglossoidei Saurocephalidae Tongxinichthys Wakinoichthiidae Wilsonichthys Xixiaichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore