Order Salmoniformes Bleeker 1859 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Protacanthopterygii according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Case and Schwimmer 1988, Constantin 1999, Fierstine et al. 2012, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990, Peng et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Argentiniformes, Esociformes, Galaxiiformes
Subtaxa: Barcarenichthys Casieroides Chardonius Cimolichthyoidei Esocoidea Esocoidei Gharbouria Ginsburgia Goudkoffia Myctophoidei Natlandia Prosopium Pseudoleptolepis Salmonidae Salmoniformorum Spaniodon Stomiatoidei Thaumaturus Thymallus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore