Order Beloniformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Atherinomorphae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atherinea, Atheriniformes, Cyprinodontea, Cyprinodontiformes, Mesogasteridae, Rhamphognathidae
Subtaxa: Adrianichthyoidei Belonoidei Cobitopsidae Exocoetoidei Forficidae Hemilampronites Tselfatoidei
Ecology: nektonic omnivore