Order Gasterosteiformes (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 35847
Parent taxon: Percomorpha according to J. A. Long 2011
Sister taxa: Dactylopteriformes, Kelemejtubus, Stephanoberyciformes
Subtaxa: Aulorhynchus, Centriscidae, Gasterorhamphosus, Gasterosteus, Macrorhamphosidae, Nerophis, Protorhamphosus, Solenostomus, Urosphenopsis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore