Order Salmoniformes Bleeker 1859 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Protacanthopterygii according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, 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, Bernardichthyidae, Esociformes, Ferrifronsidae, Galaxiiformes, Orthogonikleithridae
Subtaxa: Barcarenichthys Casieroides Chardonius Cimolichthyoidei Esocoidea Esocoidei Gharbouria Ginsburgia Goudkoffia Myctophoidei Natlandia Prosopium Pseudoleptolepis Salmonidae Salmoniformorum Thymallus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore