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

<==o Cepoloidea
   |?- †Arambourgella cephala M. Eoc. Eu. [Arambourgellidae]
   |?-o Canctidae [not recognized by the FishBase]
   |  `-- †Eozanclos M. Eoc. Eu.
   `--o Cepolidae (liekkikalat) [4/19]
      |--o Cepolinae [2/7]
      |  |--o Acanthocepola [4]
      |  |  |-- A. abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1835)
      |  |  |-- A. indica (Day, 1888)
      |  |  |-- A. krusensternii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Bandfish)
      |  |  `-- A. limbata (Valenciennes, 1835)
      |  `--o Cepola [Hypolycodes] Eoc. Plioc. Eu. Plioc. NAf. R. Oc. [N: 3] [FB: 5]
      |     |-- C. australis Ogilby, 1899
      |     |?- C. bescens (liekkikala)
      |     |-- C. haastii (Hector, 1881)
      |     |-- C. macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red bandfish)
      |     |-- C. pauciradiata Cadenat, 1950
      |     `-- C. schlegeli Bleeker, 1854
      `--o Owstoniinae
         |-- Pseudocepola taeniosoma Kamohara, 1935
         `--o Owstonia [Parasphenanthias, Sphenanthias] [N: 11] [FB: 6]
            |-- O. sp.1
            |-- O. sp.2
            |-- O. sp.3
            |-- O. sp.4
            |-- O. sp.5
            |-- O. grammodon (Fowler, 1934)
            |-- O. pectinifer (Myers, 1939)
            |-- O. simoterus (Smith, 1968)
            |-- O. tosaensis Kamohara, 1934
            |-- O. totomiensis Tanaka, 1908
            `-- O. weberi (Gilchrist, 1922)

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