PaleoDB taxon number: 248972
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and P. M. Brito 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Asiatolepis, Aspidorhynchidae, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeomorpha, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Euteleostei, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Lampriformes, Leptolepidiformes, Longdeichthys, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii
Subtaxa: Araripichthys
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