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

<==o Alepisauroidei
   |-- †Apateodus U. Cret. Eu. U. Cret. Paleoc. NAf. 
   |-- Synodontidae (sisiliskokalat)
   |-- Pseudotrichonotus altivelis Yoshino & Araga, 1975 [Pseudotrichonotidae] ()?
   |--+-- Anotopterus pharao Zugmayer, 1911 [Anotopteridae] (keihäskala; daggertooth)
   |  `-- Paralepididae (barrakudinat) [N: 12/56] [FB: 12/44]
   |--o Evermannellidae (sapelihammaskalat; sabertooth fishes) [3/7]
   |  |--o Coccorella
   |  |  |-- C. atlantica (Parr, 1928) (Atlantic sabretooth)
   |  |  `-- C. atrata (Alcock, 1894)
   |  |--o Evermannella
   |  |  |-- E. ahlstromi Johnson and Glodek, 1975
   |  |  |-- E. balbo (Risso, 1820) (Balbo sabretooth)
   |  |  |-- E. indica Brauer, 1906 (Indian sabretooth)
   |  |  `-- E. megalops Johnson & Glodek, 1975
   |  `-- Odontostomops normalops (Parr, 1928) (Undistinguished sabretooth)
   |-- Omosudis lowei Günther, 1887 [Omosudidae] (leukavalokala; Hammerjaw)
   `--o Alepisaurus [Alepisauridae] (liskokalat; Lancetfishes)
      |-- A. brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 (Shortnose lancetfish)
      `-- A. ferox Lowe, 1833 (liskokala; Longnose lancetfish)

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