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. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Cartanyà 1999, Cope 1871, Cope 1887, Forey and Grande 1998, Goodrich 1930, Grande and Hilton 2006, Grande et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Lauder and Liem 1983 and Lund and Poplin 2002
Sister taxa: Acropomatiformes, Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Apholiformes, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avamia, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bishofia, Bluefieldius, Bobastraniiformes, Burguklia, Charleuxiidae, Chirothrix, Cuneognathus, Daemodontiscus, Diplospondichthys, Discordichthyidae, Echidnocephalus, Eurekichthyoidei, Eurynotiformes, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Fubarichthyiformes, Guntherichthys, Gyrolepidotidae, Holuropsis, Isospondyli, Kalops, Kansasiella, Kutaichthys, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Meisenheimichthys, Ministrella, Moythomasiidae, Neuburgichthys, Nozamichthys, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Oxypteriscus, Pachylebias, Palaeoneiros, Palaeonisci, Palaeonisciformes, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paleonisciformes, Paramblypteriformes, Phanerosteonoidei, Phoebeannaia, Pholidophorus lepturus, Piratata, Polypteri, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Raynerius, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Sphyragnathus, Spinofacia, Stambergichthys, Stegotrachelus, Tanyrhinichthys, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Trawdenia, Uranichthys, Yaomoshania
Subtaxa: Aeduelliformes Amphicentriformes Anaglyphus Angatubichthys Bethesdaichthys Blourugia Chondrostei Discordichthyiformes Docopteri Dwykiidae Frederichthys Inichthyidae Kenderlichthyidae Kompasia Lanarkichthys Limnomis Lysopteri Melanecta Merospondyli Mesichthyes Moythomasia Nematoptychiidae Palaeobergiidae Palaeophoxinus Paphosisciformes Phthinobranchii Plectospondyli Pseudohaplolepis Scanilepidiformes Tarrasiidae Teleosteomorpha Westlepis Woodichthys