Stomiatii

Delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus, from here.

Belongs within: Osteoglossocephalai.
Contains: Stomiidae, Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae.

The Stomiatii are a clade of fishes united by molecular data, uniting the deep-sea Stomiiformes with the freshwater or diadromous Osmeriformes.

Stomiatii B-RB13
    |--Stomiiformes [Phosichthyoidei, Photichthya, Photichthyoidei, Stomiatiformes, Stomiatoidei] B-RB13
    |    |  i. s.: Azemiolestes praevius P05
    |    |--+--Stomiidae ND13
    |    |  `--Gonostomatoidei [Gonostomata] CH02a
    |    |       |--Gonostomatidae ND13
    |    |       `--Sternoptychidae ND13
    |    `--Phosicthyidae [Photichthyidae] CH02b
    |         |--Yarrella blackfordi CH02b
    |         |--Pollichthys mauli (Poll 1853) H99
    |         |--Phosichthys argenteus Hutton 1873 H99
    |         |--Idrissia jubae Arambourg 1954 P93
    |         |--Paravinciguerria praecursor Arambourg 1954 P93
    |         |--Woodsia H99
    |         |    |--W. meyerwaardeni H98
    |         |    `--W. nonsuchae H99
    |         |--Ichthyococcus CH02b
    |         |    |--I. elongatus Imai 1941 H99
    |         |    |--I. intermedius Mukhacheva 1980 H99
    |         |    `--I. ovatus (Cocco 1838) H99
    |         |--Polymetme ND13
    |         |    |--P. corythaeola (Alcock 1898) H99
    |         |    |--P. dartagnan Nolf 1988 P93
    |         |    |--P. elongata (Matsubara 1938) H99
    |         |    |--P. surugaensis (Matsubara 1943) H99
    |         |    `--P. thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina 1990 CH02b
    |         `--Vinciguerria CH02b
    |              |--V. attenuata (Cocco 1838) H99
    |              |--V. distincta Danil’chenko 1962 P93
    |              |--V. lucetia (Garman 1899) H99
    |              |--V. merklini Z02
    |              |--V. nimbaria (Jordan & Williams 1896) H99
    |              `--V. poweriae (Cocco 1838) H99
    `--Osmeriformes [Osmeroidea, Osmeroidei] B-RB13
         |--Retropinnidae NE12
         |    |--Prototroctes [Prototroctinae] B96
         |    |    |--P. maraena B96
         |    |    `--P. oxyrhynchus WH02
         |    `--Retropinninae B96
         |         |--Stokellia anisodon B96, NE12
         |         `--Retropinna NE12
         |              |--R. retropinna H97
         |              |--R. semoni NE12
         |              `--R. tasmanica AS09
         `--+--+--Plecoglossus [Plecoglossidae] NE12
            |  |    `--P. altivelis NE12
            |  |         |--P. a. altivelis I92
            |  |         `--P. a. ryukyuensis Nishida 1988 I92
            |  `--Salangidae B-RB13
            |       |--Salangichthys microdon B96
            |       |--Salanx NE12
            |       |    |--S. ariakensis Kishinouye 1902 I92
            |       |    `--S. cuvieri NE12
            |       `--Neosalanx I92
            |            |--N. jordani NE12
            |            `--N. reganius Wakiya & Takahasi 1937 I92
            `--Osmeridae K-M02
                 |  i. s.: Spirinchus H98
                 |           |--S. dilatus H98
                 |           `--S. lanceolatus T90
                 |         Enoplophthalmus G88
                 |         Speirsaenigma lindoei Wilson & Williams 1991 P93
                 |         Osmeridarum tricrenulatus (Stinton 1965) P93
                 |--Mallotus villosus (Müller 1776) NE12, K-M02 [incl. M. villosus catervarius K-M02]
                 `--+--Hypomesus NE12
                    |    |--H. olidus AS09
                    |    |--H. pretiosus NE12
                    |    |    |--H. p. pretiosus T90
                    |    |    `--H. p. japonicus T90
                    |    `--H. transpacificus T90
                    |         |--H. t. transpacificus T90
                    |         `--H. t. nipponensis T90
                    `--+--Thaleichthys pacificus NE12
                       `--Osmerus NE12
                            |--O. eperlanus K-M02
                            |--O. mordax (Mitchill 1814) [incl. O. mordax dentex] K-M02
                            |--O. relictus S92
                            `--O. spirinchus S92

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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