After Carroll, 1988, Nelson, 1994, and Baldwin & Johnson, 1996, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The FishBase”]

<==o Cyclosquamata [Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 sensu lato]
   |?-o Alepisauriformes Regan, 1911 (lancetfishes; liskokalat)
   |  |?-o †Ichthyotringoidei Goody, 1969
   |  |  |--o †Ichthyotringidae Jordan, 1905
   |  |  |  `-- †Apateopholis laniatus (Davis, 1887) Woodward, 1891
   |  |  `--o †Dercetidae Pictet, 1850
   |  |     `?-o †Dercetidae Cope
   |  |        |--o †Dercetis Agassiz, 1834
   |  |        |  |-- †D. congolensis Casier, 1965
   |  |        |  |-- †D. limhamnensis Davis, 1890 [Urenchelys limhamnensis]
   |  |        |  |-- †D. ornatissimus Casier, 1965
   |  |        |  `-- †D. scutatus  Agassiz, 1834
   |  |        |-- †Kwangodercetis verbeeki Casier, 1965
   |  |        |--o †Leptotrachelus Marck, 1863
   |  |        |  |-- †L. armatus Marck, 1863
   |  |        |  |-- †L. elongatus (Agassiz, 1835)
   |  |        |  |-- †L. gracilis Davis, 1887
   |  |        |  |-- †L. hakelensis Pictet & Humbert, 1866
   |  |        |  `-- †L. triqueter (Pictet, 1850)
   |  |        |-- †Paradercetis kipalaensis Casier, 1965
   |  |        |-- †Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis Marck, 1858
   |  |        |--o †Rhynchodercetis Arambourg, 1943
   |  |        |  |-- †R. yovanovitchi Arambourg, 1954
   |  |        |  |-- †R. gracilis Chalifa, 1989a
   |  |        |  `-- †R. regio Blanco & Alvardo-Ortega, 2006
   |  |        `-- †Stratodus apicalis Cope, 1872
   |  |?- †Enchodontoidei Berg, 1937
   |  `--o Alepisauroidei Regan, 1911 (liskokalat)
   |     |-- †Apateodus U. Cret. Eu. U. Cret. Paleoc. NAf. 
   |     |-- Synodontidae (sisiliskokalat)
   |     |-- Pseudotrichonotus altivelis Yoshino & Araga, 1975 [Pseudotrichonotidae]
   |     |--+-- Anotopterus pharao Zugmayer, 1911 [Anotopteridae] (keihäskala; daggertooth)
   |     |  `-- Paralepididae (barrakudinat)
   |     |--o Evermannellidae (sapelihammaskalat; sabertooth fishes) [3/7]
   |     |  |--o Coccorella
   |     |  |  |-- C. atlantica (Parr, 1928) (Atlantic sabretooth)
   |     |  |  `-- C. atrata (Alcock, 1894)
   |     |  |--o Evermannella
   |     |  |  |-- E. ahlstromi Johnson and Glodek, 1975
   |     |  |  |-- E. balbo (Risso, 1820) (Balbo sabretooth)
   |     |  |  |-- E. indica Brauer, 1906 (Indian sabretooth)
   |     |  |  `-- E. megalops Johnson & Glodek, 1975
   |     |  `-- Odontostomops normalops (Parr, 1928) (Undistinguished sabretooth)
   |     |-- Omosudis lowei Günther, 1887 [Omosudidae] (leukavalokala; Hammerjaw)
   |     `--o Alepisaurus [Alepisauridae] (liskokalat; Lancetfishes)
   |        |-- A. brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 (Shortnose lancetfish)
   |        `-- A. ferox Lowe, 1833 (liskokala; Longnose lancetfish)
   `?-o Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 (lizardfishes; aulopikalat)
      |--o Synodontoidei [Aulopoidei]
      |  |-- Aulopodidae [Aulopidae] (aulopit)
      |  `-- Synodontidae (sisiliskokalat)
      |?-o Gigantura [Rosaura; Bathyleptus] [Giganturoidei: Giganturidae] (teleskooppikalat)
      |  |-- G. chuni Brauer, 1901 (Gigantura)
      |  `-- G. indica Brauer, 1901 [Rosaura rotunda, Bathyleptus lisae] (Telescopefish)
      `--o Chlorophthalmoidei (vihersilmäkalojensukuiset aulopikalat)
         |-- Chlorophthalmidae (vihersilmäkalat; greeneyes)
         |-- Ipnopidae
         |-- Scopelarchidae (helmisilmät; Pearleyes)
         `-- Notosudidae [Scopelosauridae] (waryfishes)

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