Alternative spelling: Holostea
Parent taxon: Neopterygii according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bryant 1989, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cavin et al. 2007, Ebersole et al. 2024, Friedman et al. 2010, Gadow 1898, Gardiner 1960, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, Jordan 1963, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Normark et al. 1991, Rapp 1946, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Xu and Wu 2012
Sister taxa: Ducanichthys, Frodoichthys, Gebrayelichthyidae, Gimlichthys, Guildayichthyidae, Louwoichthyiformes, Peltopleuriformes, Perleidiformes, Placopleurus, Plesiofuro, Pycnodontiformes, Scanilepiformes, Teleosteomorpha, Venusichthyidae
Subtaxa: Amiiformes Aspidorhynchoidea Caturidae Chilingosaurus chingshankouensis Dapediidae Gigantodontidae Ginglymodi Holcodon Ophiopsidae Parasemionotidae Pholidophoroidea Sangiorgioichthys Semionotoidea Ticinolepis