Superorder Paracanthopterygii Greenwood et al. 1966 (ray-finned fish)
Full reference: P. H. Greenwood, D. E. Rosen, S. H. Weitzman and G. S. Myers. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4):339-456
Parent taxon: Euteleosteii according to J. A. Long 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthopterygii, Ateleopodomorpha, Cyclosqamata, Gaudryella, Lampriomorpha, Scopelomorpha, Stenopterygii
Subtaxa: Anacanthini, Ophidiformes, Sphenocephaliformes
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