Osteichthyes - Ichthyodectiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Alvarado-Ortega 2004, Cione and Cozzuol 1990, Forey et al. 2003, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Aidachar Allothrissopidae Antarctithrissops Ascalabothrissops Cavenderichthys Chuhsiungichthiidae Chuhsiungichthys Cladocyclidae Cooyoo Garganoichthys Ichthyodectoidei Mesoclupea Ogunichthys Pachythrissops Proportheus Sultanuvaisia Vallecillichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore