Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482
Parent taxon: Berycimorphaceae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Forey et al. 2003, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Trachichthyiformes
Subtaxa: Africentrum Anoplogastridae Berycidae Berycoidei Berycomorus Beryx dalmaticus Beryx subovatus Brazosiella Cryptoberyx Ctenoberyx Dinopterygoidei Diretmidae Holocentrites Holocentroidea Holocentroidei Inocentrus Kryptophanaron Melamphaidae Monocentridae Omosoma Pattersonoberyx Plectrypops Plesioberyx Polymixioidei Poromitra Pseudholocentrum Pseudomonocentrididae Sargocentron Scianenuropsis Stephanoberycoidei Trachichthyoidei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore