Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2015, Arratia and Tischlinger 2010, Bannikov 2014, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Bavarichthys Crossognathoidei Enischorhynchus Luxilites Martinichthys Pachyrhizodontoidei Pachyrizodus Salminopsidae Syntengmodus Varasichthyidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore