Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Bannikov 2014, Danil'chenko 1960, David 1943, Ebersole et al. 2019, Fierstine 1998, Fierstine 1999, Fierstine 2001, Fierstine 2005, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fierstine and Starnes 2005, Miya et al. 2013, Monsch et al. 2005, Schultz 1987, Schwarzhans 2003, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Gempylidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Duplexdens Euzaphlegidae Micrornatus Scombramphodon Scombroidea Sphyraenodus Trichiuriformes Trichiuroidea Xiphioidea
Ecology: nektonic omnivore