Osteichthyes - Araripchthyiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, 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, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Araripichthyidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
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