After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Myripristinae (soldierfishes) [5/33]
   |-- Corniger spinosus Agassiz, 1831 (Spinycheek soldierfish)
   |-- Myripritis Eoc. Mioc. Eu. R. Oc. (soldierfishes) [27]
   |--o Ostichthys ()? [8]
   |  |-- O. acanthorhinus Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
   |  |-- O. archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) (Longsnout soldierfish)
   |  |-- O. delta Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
   |  |-- O. hypsipterygion Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
   |  |-- O. japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) (Brocade perch)
   |  |-- O. kaianus (Günther, 1880) (Deepwater soldierfish)
   |  |-- O. sheni Chen, Shao & Mok, 1990
   |  `-- O. trachypoma (Günther, 1859) (Bigeye soldierfish)
   |--o Plectrypops ()? [2]
   |  |-- P. lima (Valenciennes, 1831) (Shy soldierfish)
   |  `-- P. retrospinis (Guichenot, 1853) (Cardinal soldierfish)
   `-- Pristilepis oligolepis (Whitley, 1941) (Spinyface soldierfish)

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