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