Clade Icosteiformes (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Ovalentaria according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ambassidae, Atherinomorphae, Blenniomorphae, Callionymiformes, Cichlomorphae, Congrogadidae, Embiotocidae, Grammatidae, Moroniformes, Mugilomorphae, Opisthognathidae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae, Scombrolabraciformes, Trachiniformes
Subtaxa: Acrotidae
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Icosteiformes in the database