Actinopteri - Araripchthyiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Lampriformes, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Araripichthyidae
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