Alternative spelling: Actinopterygia
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophcal Society, New Series 14(3):445-483
Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Cartanyà 1999, Cope 1871, Cope 1887, Goodrich 1930, Grande and Hilton 2006, Grande et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Lund and Poplin 2002
Sister taxa: 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: Anaglyphus Angatubichthys Bethesdaichthys Blourugia Docopteri Frederichthys Kompasia Lanarkichthys Limnomis Lysopteri Melanecta Merospondyli Mesichthyes Moythomasia Neopterygii Palaeophoxinus Phthinobranchii Plectospondyli Pseudohaplolepis Tarrasiidae Westlepis Woodichthys