Actinopteri - Alepisauriformes

Parent taxon: Alepisauriformes according to J. J. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alepisaurus, Argillichthys, Cheirothrix, Cyranichthys, Dercetoides, Drimys, Enchodontoidei, Evermanella, Hemisaurida, Ichthyotringa, Ichthyotringoidei, Lestidiops, Paralepis, Phylactocephalus, Rharbichthys, Saurida, Synodus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore