Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cantalice et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Anabantaria, Batrachoidaria, Batrachoidimorpharia, Carangaria, Carangimorpharia, Gobiaria, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiaria, Ophidiimorpharia, Ovalentaria, Pelagiaria, Percomorpharia, Scombrimorpharia, Syngnatharia
Subtaxa: Acanthuriformes Asianthidae Callanthiidae Caproiformes Caucasichthyidae Centrarchiformes Centrogenyidae Chaetodontiformes Dinolestidae Dinopercidae Emmelichthyidae Eotrigonodontidae Ephippiformes Exelliidae Gerreiformes Labriformes Lobotiformes Lophiiformes Lutjaniformes Malacanthidae Monodactylidae Moronidae Parascorpididae Pempheriformes Perciformes Pietschellidae Pomacanthidae Priacanthiformes Quasimullidae Repropcidae Scatophagidae Siganidae Sillaginidae Spariformes Tetraodontiformes Uranoscopiformes
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