Parent taxon: Elopomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Fielitz and Bardack 1992, Fierstine et al. 2012, Forey et al. 2003, Khalloufi et al. 2019, Long 2011, Murray and Hoşgör 2012, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Albuliformes, Anguilliformes, Megalopiformes, Naiathaelon, Notacanthiformes, Saccopharygiformes, Saccopharyngiformes
Subtaxa: Albuloidei Antofagastaichthys Carsothrissops Coryphaenopsis Dactylopogon Davichthys Echinelops Eichstaettia Elopidae Elopoidei Epaelops Flindersichthys Lyrolepis Megalopidae Ostariostoma Phyllodontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore