After Carroll, 1988, Nelson, 1994 and Johnson & Patterson, 1996
<==o Elopomorpha (tarponimaiset viuhkaeväiset) |--o Elopiformes (tarponikalat) | |-- †Anaethaliontidae | `--+-- Elopidae (hopeakalat) | `-- Megalopidae (tarponit) |--o Albuliformes (naiskalat) | |--o Albuloidei | | |-- †Osmeroididae | | |-- Albulidae (naiskalat) | | `?- †Phyllodontidae | `--o Notacanthoidei [Lyopomi & Heteromi] | |-- Halosauridae (liskoankeriaat) | `-- Notacanthidae (piikkiankeriaat) `--o Anguilliformes [incl. Saccopharyngiformes] (ankeriaskalat) |-- †Anguillavidae `--+-- †Urenchelyidae `--+--o Anguilloidei (ankeriaansukuiset) | |-- Anguillidae (ankeriaat) [monogeneric] | |-- Heterenchelyidae ()? | `-- Moringuidae (matoankeriaat) |?-o Muraenoidei (mureenansukuiset) | |-- Chlopsidae [Xenocongridae] (valemureenat) | |-- Myrocongridae [monogeneric] | `-- Muraenidae [Heteromyridae] (mureenat) `--+--o Congroidei (meriankeriaansukuiset) | |-- Synaphobranchidae [incl. Dysommatidae] (petoankeriaat) | |-- Ophichthidae [incl. Neenchelyidae, Aoteidae] | |-- Colocongridae [monogeneric] | |-- Derichthyidae [incl. Nessorhamphidae] (pitkäkaula-ankeriaat) | |-- Muraenesocidae (haukiankeriaat) | |-- Nemichthyidae (nokka-ankeriaat) | |-- Congridae [incl. Macrocephenchelyidae] (meriankeriaat) | |-- Nettastomatidae (velhoankeriaat) | `-- Serrivomeridae (kuonoankeriaat) `--o Saccopharygiformes (ahmattiankeriaskalat) |-- Cyemidae [Cyematoidei] (nuoliankeriaat) `--o Saccopharyngoidei [Lyomeri] (ahmattiankeriaansukuiset) |-- Saccopharyngidae (ahmattiankeriaat) |-- Eurypharyngidae (pelikaaniankeriaat) `-- Monognathidae (kita-ankeriaat) Anguilliformes incertae sedis: †Bolcanguilla †Gazolapodus †Urenchelyidae †Paranguillidae †Proteomyridae †Anguilloididae †Milananguillidae †Patavichtidae Todaridae ()?
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Johnson, G. D. & Patterson, C., 1996: Relationships of lower euteleostean fishes. 251-332
in Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, L. R. & Johnson, G. D., 1996: Interrelationships of fishes.
–Academic Press, San Diego, pp. xiii-496 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600