Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Teleosteomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Ebersole et al. 2024, Forey et al. 2003, Jaekel 1911, Jordan 1963, Long 2011, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990 and Woodward 1902
Sister taxa: Aspidorhynchei, Barschichthyidae, Lampripterygii, Marcopoloichthyidae, Palaeolabridae, Paracanthopterygii, Polymixiipterygii, Pseudoberycidae, Ruedersdorfia, Teleostei
Subtaxa: Aulostomi Berycida Berycimorphaceae Caprosimilis Cataphracti Cetomimiformes Choichix Euacanthopterygii Gigapteryx Holconoti Holocentrimorphaceae Hypostomides Labyrinthici Pepemkay Percomorpha Percomorphaceae Thoracostei Xenoberyces
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