Clade Halecomorphi Cope 1872 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008
Sister taxa: Araripichthyidae, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Chongichthyidae, Cyclosquamata, Elopocephalai, Euteleostei, Euteleosteii, Ichthyokentemidae, Incertae, Jinanichthys, Lampridiomorpha, Leptolepiformes, Longdeichthys, Longileptolepis, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteossomorpha, Pachycormiformes, Paralycoptera, Phacodus, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes
Subtaxa: Eoeugnathus, Ionoscopidae, Ionoscopiformes, Ophiopsiidae, Peia, Prosantichthys, Sinamiidae
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