Clade Percomorpha (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to M. Friedman 2008
Sister taxa: Asineops, Congorhynchus, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Homorhynchus, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Palaeorhynchus, Paracanthomorphacea, Pharmacichthys, Polymixiacea, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys
Subtaxa: Gasterosteiformes, Scorpaeniformes, Stephanoberyciformes
Ecology: nektonic omnivore