After Nelson, 1994

<==o Atheriniformes (hopeakylkikalat, sateenkaarikalat)
   |-- Bedotiidae [Bedotioidei] ()?
   `--+--o Melanotaenioidei
      |  |-- Melanotaeniidae (sateenkaarikalat; rainbowfishes)
      |  `-- Pseudomugilidae (sinisilmäkalat; blue eyes)
      `--o Atherinoidei
         |-- Atherinidae [incl. Atherinopsidae] (hopeakyljet)
         |--o Notocheiridae [Isonidae] (tyrskykalat) [2 genera, 6 species]
         |  |-- Notocheirus hubbsi Clark, 1937
         |  `--o Iso ()? [5 species]
         |     |-- I. flosmaris Jordan & Starks, 1901
         |     |-- I. hawaiiensis Gosline, 1952 (Hawaiian surf sardine)
         |     |-- I. natalensis Regan, 1919 (Surf sprite)
         |     |-- I. nesiotes Saeed, Ivantsoff & Crowley, 1993 (Samoan surf sardine)
         |     `-- I. rhothophilus (Ogilby, 1895) (Flower of the wave)
         |-- Telmatherinidae
         |-- Dentatherina merceri Patten & Ivantsoff, 1983 [Dentatherinidae] (Mercer's tusked silverside)
         `-- Phallostethidae

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