Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes
Alternative spelling: Tetradontiformes
Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to R. Gregorova et al. 2009
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Cantalice et al. 2025, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Carnevale and Santini 2006, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Close et al. 2016, Fierstine et al. 2012, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Actinopteri, Aeduelliformes, Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avamia, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bishofia, Bluefieldius, Bobastraniiformes, Burguklia, Cenechoia paramillensis, Cenechoia sulcata, Charleuxiidae, Chichiidae, Chirothrix, Cladistia, Cuneognathus, Diplospondichthys, Discordichthyidae, Echidnocephalus, Engraulis, Eurekichthyoidei, Eurynotiformes, Eurynotus uspallatensis, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Fubarichthyiformes, Guaymayenia, Guildayichthyiformes, Guntherichthys, Gyrolepidoides cuyanus, Gyrolepidotidae, Histiothrissa, Holuropsis, Isospondyli, Kalops, Kansasiella, Kenderlichthyidae, Kutaichthys, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Meisenheimichthys, Ministrella, Moythomasiidae, Neochallaia leonensis, Neuburgichthys, Nozamichthys, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Oxypteriscus, Pachylebias, Palaeobergia, Palaeoneiros, Palaeonisci, Palaeonisciformes, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paleonisciformes, Paramblypteriformes, Phanerosteonoidei, Phoebeannaia, Pholidophorus dentatus, Pholidophorus lepturus, Pholidophorus vallejensis, Piratata, Polypteri, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Pseudoberyx, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Salmo, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Semionotus mendozaensis, Semionotus unicristatus, Semionotus vallejensis, Spinofacia, Stegotrachelus, Tanyrhinichthys, Tarrasiiformes, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Thryptodus, Trachichthyiformes, Uranichthys, Yaomoshania
Subtaxa: Alutera Aracanidae Atlanticopristis Balistoidei Bolcabalistidae Cretazeus Eodiodon Eoplectidae Indotrigonodon Kyrtogymnodon Moloidei Oligodiodon Ostracioidea Ostracioidei Pisdurodon Plectocretacicoidei Plectocretacicus Protobalistidae Tetraodontoidei Triacanthodoidei Triacanthoidei Trigonodontoidae Triodontidae Zignoichthyidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore