Clade Ovalentaria Smith and Near 2012 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Percomorpha according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2024
See also Ebersole et al. 2019 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Dactylopteriformes, Gobiida, Kelemejtubus, Nardoichthys, Ophidiida, Pelagia
Subtaxa: Callionymiformes Caproiformes Cylindracanthus Gobiesociformes Grammatidae Icosteiformes Istiophoriformes Moroniformes Scombrolabraciformes Trachiniformes
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