Order Thoracostei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Acanthopterygii according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Aulostomi, Berycida, Berycimorphaceae, Caprosimilis, Cataphracti, Cetomimiformes, Choichix, Euacanthopterygii, Gigapteryx, Holconoti, Holocentrimorphaceae, Hypostomides, Labyrinthici, Pepemkay, Percomorpha, Percomorphaceae, Xenoberyces
Subtaxa: Hemibranchii Lophobranchi
Ecology: