Order Osteoglossiformes Berg 1940 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes
Parent taxon: Osteoglossomorpha according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, 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, Joffrichthys, Lycopteriformes, Shuleichthys
Subtaxa: Arapaimidae Foreyichthyidae Gymnarchidae Lopadichthys Lycopteridae Monopteros Mormyridae Notopteridae Opsithrissops Osteoglossidae Osteoglossoidei Saurocephalidae Tongxinichthys Wakinoichthiidae Wilsonichthys Xixiaichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore