Parent taxon: Perciformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Acanthonotus, Alepes, Ammodytoidei, Amphiperca, Anarhichas, Anarrhichthys, Aphia, Apogonoides, Apolectus, Aramichthys, Arripidae, Avitolabrax, Bairdiella, Banjosidae, Bathyclupeidae, Bembropoidei, Bilinia, Blabe, Branchiostegidae, Brotulidae, Burtinia, Callyodon, Chaeturichthys, Chandidae, Cockerellites, Coryphopterus, Cottioidei, Cottoidei, Cottopsis, Ctenodentex, Ctenosciaena, Dapaloides, Diaphyodus, Eocottidae, Eoluvarus, Eoserranus, Epinnula, Grammatorycnus, Haemulidae, Haliophis, Hypacanthus, Hyperprosopon, Icosteoidei, Isacia, Labroidea, Labroidei, Landanichthys, Latellopsis, Latidae, Lithognathus, Lonchistium, Lutjanidae, Lycodopsis, Lyconectes, Maccullochella, Matarchia, Menticirrhus, Mugiloidei, Nebris, Normanichthyoidei, Notothenioidei, Odonteobolca, Palaeoperca, Paraplatax, Parapygaeus, Pararhenanoperca, Pasaichthys, Pennahia, Pentacerotidae, Pentaprion, Percalates, Perciliidae, Percoidei, Percoideorum, Percophidae, Phanerodon, Phosphichthys, Plagioholocentrus, Platycephalidae, Platylates, Priacanthopsis, Propercarinidae, Propygidium, Psenes, Pseudoscarus, Quasicichla, Quasinectes, Rexea, Rhenanoperca, Robertanniidae, Saldenioichthys, Scomberoides, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombrosphyraena, Scorpaenoidei, Selar, Serranoidei, Sparidae, Sphyraenoidei, Sphyraenops, Stromateoidei, Synagrops, Tetrapterus, Thalasseloetridae, Thyrsitocephalus, Trachinoidei, Trichiuroidei, Trispinachidae, Tungtingichthys, Wangia, Xiphioidei, Zoarcoidei
Subtaxa: Congiopodidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Congiopodoidei in the database