Order Stomiiformes (ray-finned fish)
Alternative spelling: Stomiatiformes
Parent taxon: Stomiati according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Afsari et al. 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2002, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Osmeriformes
Subtaxa: Diplophidae Gonostomata Gonostomatidae Gonostomatoidei Ichthyococcus Idrissia Ohuus Paravinciguerria Phosichthyidae Phosichthyoidei Praewoodsia Stomiidae Stomioidei Telepholis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore