Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson 2014
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Percomorpha, Polymixiacea, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Boreiohydriidae Cumbaaichthys Polymixiidae Pycnosteroididae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Japan (1)
• Eocene of United States (8: Alaska, California)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Israel (1), Italy (1), Lebanon (8), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 34 collections including 43 occurrences