†family Foreyichthyidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Foreyichthyidae
Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Bannikov 2014
Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Gymnarchidae, Heterosteoglossum, Lopadichthys, Lycopteridae, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys
Subtaxa: Foreyichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (general) (Eocene of Italy)