Topic summary
Carangoidei
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Carangiformes.
Internal relationships of Carangoidei
Within the suborder Carangoidei, Coryphaenidae, Rachycentridae, and Echeneidae have been suggested to comprise a monophyletic grouping (dubbed "Echeneoidea"), which has been recovered as a sister clade to the Carangidae. Additionally, the family Carangidae is paraphyletic in the traditional sense; the "Echeneoidea" clade are more closely related to two carangid subfamilies (Scomberoidinae and Trachinotinae) than they are to the other two subfamilies (Naucratinae and Caranginae). This has been consistently found by studies, which propose the elevation of the subfamily Trachinotinae into the family Trachinotidae to reflect this finding.