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Superorder Acanthopterygii (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthopterygii

Parent taxon: Euteleostei according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025

See also Bannikov 2014, Ebersole et al. 2024, Forey et al. 2003, Jaekel 1911, Jordan 1963, Long 2011, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990 and Woodward 1902

Sister taxa: Avitosmerus, Cyclosquamata, Erichalcis, Lampridiomorpha, Lamprimorpha, Osmeromorpha, Paracanthopterygii, Protostomiidae, Santanasalmo, Scopelomorpha

Subtaxa: Aulostomi Berycida Caprosimilis Cataphracti Cetomimiformes Choichix Euacanthopterygii Gigapteryx Holconoti Hypostomides Labyrinthici Pepemkay Percomorpha Thoracostei Xenoberyces Zeoidei

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