Suborder Stephanoberycoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Beryciformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Africentrum, Anoplogastridae, Berycidae, Berycoidei, Berycomorus, Beryx dalmaticus, Beryx subovatus, Brazosiella, Cryptoberyx, Ctenoberyx, Dinopterygoidei, Diretmidae, Holocentrites, Holocentroidea, Holocentroidei, Inocentrus, Kryptophanaron, Melamphaidae, Monocentridae, Omosoma, Pattersonoberyx, Plectrypops, Plesioberyx, Polymixioidei, Poromitra, Pseudholocentrum, Pseudomonocentrididae, Sargocentron, Scianenuropsis, Trachichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Barbourisiidae Cetomimidae Gibberichthyidae Hispidoberycidae Rondeletiidae Stephanoberycidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stephanoberycoidei in the database