Full reference: P. H. Greenwood, D. E. Rosen, S. H. Weitzman and G. S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):339-456
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Bogan et al. 2010, Ebersole et al. 2019, Guo-Qing and Wilson 1994, Li et al. 1997, Murray et al. 2010, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Newbrey and Bozek 2000
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, 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, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Chandlerichthys Hiodontiformes Jiuquanichthyidae Joffrichthys Kipalaichthyidae Kuyangichthyidae Lycopteriformes Osteoglossiformes Shuleichthys
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder