After Carroll, 1988, Tyler & Bannikov, 1992, Nelson, 1994, and Tyler & Sorbini, 1996, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Balistoidea sensu Tyler & Sorbini, 1996 (säppikalansukuiset)
   |?- †Eospinus daniltshenkoi Tyler & Bannikov, 1992, L. Eoc. CAs.
   |--o Balistoidea sensu Nelson, 1994
   |  |--o †Spinacanthidae
   |  |  |-- †Spinacanthus imperialis
   |  |  `-- †Protobalistum 
   |  `--+-- Balistidae (triggerfishes; säppikalat) [11/40]
   |     `-- Monacanthidae (filefishes; viilakalat) [31/90]
   `--o Ostracioidea [Ostraciidae sensu Nelson, 1994, Ostracodermi; Ostraciontidae] (boxfishes; losserokalat)
      |-- Aracanidae [Ostraciidae: Aracaninae] (avoselkälosserokalat) [N: 7/13] [FB: 6/13]
      `-- Ostraciidae [Ostracodermi, Ostraciontidae] (boxfishes; losserokalat) [N: 7/20] [FB: 6/24]

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