Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 35887
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2118
Sister taxa: Amphiuma nordica, Araripichthyidae, Asiatolepis, Aspidorhynchidae, Bathyclupeiformes, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeomorpha, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Euteleostei, Euteleosteii, Gobioidea, Incertae, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Longdeichthys, Lyopomi, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Phacodus, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Symbranchia, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii
Subtaxa: Aploactidae, Artedius, Caracanthidae, Chitonotus, Congiopodidae, Ctenopomichthys, Cyclopterus, Eosynanceja, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hoplichthys, Icelinus, Lepidocottus, Leptocottus, Malacocottus, Neoplatycephalus, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Podothecus, Radulinus, Sebastes, Triglidae, Zaniolepis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore