<==o PARACANTHOPTERYGII
   |-- PERCOPSIFORMES (lohiahvenkalat)
   `--+?- †Sphenocephalus U. Cret. Eu. [STEPHANOCEPHALIFORMES: Sphenocephalidae]
      `--o "ANACANTHINES"
         |?- †Mcconichthys longipinnis L. Paleoc. NA. Mcconichthyidae
         |?- OPHIDIIFORMES (partanilkkakalat) [possibly paraphyletic?]
         |-- GADIFORMES (turskakalat)
         `--o PEDICULATI
            |-- BATRACHOIDEIFORMES [Haplodoci] (konnakalat)
            `-- LOPHIIFORMES (krottikalat; anglerfishes)


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
Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.

–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.

      Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.

–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968
Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.

–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600