Superorder Ostariophysi Jordan and Evermann 1896
Parent taxon: Otomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Andrews 1906, Arratia 2015, Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Casier 1966, Cavin 1999, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Filleul and Maisey 2004, Grande and De Pinna 1998, Grande and Grande 1999, Jaekel 1911, Jordan 1963, Long 2011, Murray 2003, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Dockery 1990
Sister taxa: Alepocephali, Clupavidae, Clupei, Ganolytidae
Subtaxa: Allotriognathi Ancylostylidae Anotophysa Cyprinodontes Erythrinolepidae Eventognathi Gymnonoti Haplomi Heterognathi Heterosomata Nematognathii Otophysa Salmopercae Selenichthyes Siluroidea Synentognathi Xenarchi Xenomi