Order Osmeriformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Stomiati according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Stomiiformes
Subtaxa: Allosmerus Carpathichthys Enoplophthalmus Maulisia Nybelinoides Opisthoproctus Osmeroidei Retropinnoidei Spaniodontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore