Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 83295
Alternative spelling: Tetradontiformes
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Alutera, Aracanidae, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Bolcabalistidae, Cretazeus, Eodiodon, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Moloidei, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodon, Zignoichthyidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore