Suborder Elopoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Elopiformes according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Albuloidei, Anaethalion, Antofagastaichthys, Carsothrissops, Coryphaenopsis, Davichthys, Ectasis, Eichstaettia, Elopidae, Flindersichthys, Lyrolepis, Megalopidae, Ostariostoma, Phyllodontidae, Protostomias, Pterothrissidae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Albuloidea, Elopoidea, Pachyrhizodontoidea, Plethodoidea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore