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Taxon: Order Lampriformes - opahs (fish)
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Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                             Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                 Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                   Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                     Superorder Lampriomorpha [monotypic] see Superorder Lamprimorpha Nelson, Grande & Wilson, 2016
                                       Order Lampriformes - opahs
                                         1 Genus †Bajaichthys Sorbini, 1983, incertae sedis
                                         2 Family †Turkmenidae Daniltshenko, 1968
                                         3.1 Family Veliferidae Bleeker, 1859 - velifers
                                         3.2 Family †Palaeocentrotidae Bonde, 1966
                                         4 Family Lampridae Gill, 1862 - opahs
                                         5 Family Stylephoridae Swainson, 1839 - tube-eyes
                                         6.1.1 Family Lophotidae Bonaparte, 1845 - crestfishes
                                         6.1.2 Family Radiicephalidae Osório, 1917 [monotypic] - tapertails
                                         6.2.1 Family Trachipteridae Swainson, 1839 - ribbonfishes
                                         6.2.2 Family Regalecidae Gill, 1884 - oarfishes

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