Clade Protacanthopterygii Greenwood et al. 1966
Full reference: P. H. Greenwood, D. E. Rosen, S. H. Weitzman and G. S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):339-456
Parent taxon: Euteleosteomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Long 2011, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Erichalcidae, Erichalcis, Lepidogalaxii, Neoteleostei, Stomiati, Xeneichthyidae
Subtaxa: Argentiniformes Bernardichthyidae Esociformes Ferrifronsidae Galaxiiformes Orthogonikleithridae Salmoniformes