Parent taxon: Teleostei according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Ascalabos, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catervariolus, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Galkinia, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Ichthyokentema, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Palaeolabrus, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Coridae Neolabridae Sciaenoidea Siphonognathidae Sparisomidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at KVO003 Lapita Site (Quaternary of New Caledonia)