†suborder Rhegnopteri (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Percomorphi according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Amphacanthi, Bramiformes, Carangoidea, Chaetodontoidea, Coryphaeniformes, Luvariformes, Pareiopliteae, Percesoces, Squamipennes, Xiphiiformes, Zaproroidea
Subtaxa: Stromateiformes Trichodontiformes
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder