Order Myctophiformes Regan 1911 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Myctophata according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Denton 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Chlorophthalmoidei Hakelia Myctophidae Neoscopelidae Sardinioididae Sardinius Synodontoidei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore