Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Anoplopomatoidei Aploactinidae Bathylutichthyidae Bembridae Caracanthidae Ctenopomichthys Eschmeyeridae Eutrigla Gnathanacanthidae Hexagrammoidei Hoplichthyidae Neoplatycephalus Notesthes Ophiodon Pataecidae Peristediidae Platycephaloidei Plectrogeniidae Podothecus Triglidae Zaniolepis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore