Clade Paracanthomorphacea (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Acanthomorphata according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Percopsaria Zeiogadaria
Ecology: nektonic omnivore