After Carroll, 1988, Nelson, 1994, Grande & Grande, 1999, and Grande & Poyato-Ariza, 1999, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Gonorynchiformes (maitokalat)
   |?- †Prochanos U. Cret. Eu.
   `--+--o Chanoidei (maitokalojensukuiset)
      |  |-- †Aethalinopsis robusta L.? Cret. Eu.
      |  `-- Chanidae (milkfishes; maitokalat)
      `--o Gonorynchoidei (kuonokalansukuiset)
         |-- Gonorynchidae (kuonokalat)
         `-- Kneriidae (korvakalat)

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