Parent taxon: Teleostei according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Hay 1902
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, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Coridae Neolabridae Sciaenoidea Siphonognathidae Sparisomidae
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pharyngognathi in the database