Suborder Stomioidei (ray-finned fish)
Alternative spelling: Stomiatoidei
Parent taxon: Stomiiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Constantin 1999
Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatidae, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyidae, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Stomiidae, Telepholis
Subtaxa: Astronesthidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cozla (Piatra Neamt) (Oligocene of Romania)