Order Atheriniformes Rosen 1966 (silverside)
Parent taxon: Atherinomorphae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Domning and Clark 1993, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atherinea, Beloniformes, Cyprinodontea, Cyprinodontiformes, Mesogasteridae, Rhamphognathidae
Subtaxa: Atherinoidei Atherinopsoidei Chirostoma Colpichthys Menidia Notocheiridae Palaeoatherina Pranesus Stenatherina
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder