Osteichthyes - Labriformes - Labridae
Alternative spelling: Labroidei
Synonyms: Pharyngodopilidae Cocchi 1864, Pharyngopilidae, Trigonodontidae Arambourg 1927
Parent taxon: Labriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Bannikov and Bellwood 2015, Betancur et al. 2013, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Casier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Dica 2002, Fierstine et al. 2012, Hanel et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Leidy 1873, Miller 1967, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Odacidae, Scaridae, Tortonesiidae
Subtaxa: Bellwoodilabrus Bodianus Cheilini Crenilabrus Eocoris Hypsigenyini Julidini Labrichthyini Labrinae Labrini Labrobolcus Labrodon Labrus Malapterus Novaculini Nummopalatus Paralabrus Pharyngodopilus Phyllopharyngodon Platylaemus Protautoga Pseudocheilini Pseudolabrini Pseudosphaerodon Pseudovomer Scarini Semicossyphus Symphodus Taurinichthys Trigonodon Trigonodontinae Wainwrightilabrus Zorzinilabrus
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