Parent taxon: Ovalentaria according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Carnevale et al. 2008, Carnevale and Pietsch 2009, Carnevale and Pietsch 2010, Constantin 1999, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Callionymiformes, Caproiformes, Cylindracanthus, Gobiesociformes, Grammatidae, Icosteiformes, Istiophoriformes, Labriformes, Moroniformes, Perciformes, Scombriformes, Scombrolabraciformes, Spariformes, Trachiniformes
Subtaxa: Antennarioidei Brachionichthyidae Caulophrynidae Centrophrynidae Ceratioidei Chaunacoidei Diceratiidae Linophrynidae Lophichthyidae Lophiidae Lophioidei Neoceratiidae Ogcocephaloidei Ogcocephalus Tetrabrachiidae Thaumatichthyidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore