Cladistia
Cladistia is a clade of bony fishes that currently consists of few anguilliform remnants of an ancient diversity. Their major synapomorphies are a dorsal fin with independent rays, and a posteriorly elongated parasphenoid.
Cladistia is the sister group of Actinopteri.Taxonomy
Based on work done by Lund 2000
- Order †Guildayichthyiformes Lund 2000
- * Family †Guildayichthyidae Lund 2000
- ** Genus †Guildayichthys Lund 2000
- *** Species †Guildayichthys carnegiei Lund 2000
- ** Genus †Discoserra Lund 2000
- *** Species †Discoserra pectinodon Lund 2000
- Order Polypteriformes Bleeker 1859
- * Genus †Latinopollia Meunier and Gayet 1998
- ** Species †Latinopollia suarezi Meunier & Gayet 1998
- * Genus †Dagetella Gayet & Meunier 1991
- ** Species †Dagetella sudamericana Gayet & Meunier 1991
- * Genus †Bartschichthys Gayet & Meunier 1996
- ** Species †B. arnoulti
- ** Species †B. napatensis Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †B. tubularis
- * Genus †Sudania Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †S. gracilis Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †S. oblonga Werner & Gayet 1997
- * Genus †Saharaichthys Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †S. nigeriensis
- ** Species †S. africanus
- * Genus †Sainthilaria Gayet & Meunier 1996
- ** Species †S. beccussiformis Gayet & Meunier 1996
- ** Species †S. elongata Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †S. falciformis Gayet & Meunier 1996
- ** Species †S. grandis Gayet & Meunier 1996
- ** Species †S. intermedia Werner & Gayet 1997
- * Genus †Inbecetemia Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †I. torta
- ** Species †I. tortissima
- * Genus †Nagaia Werner & Gayet 1997
- ** Species †Nagaia extrema Werner & Gayet 1997
- * Family Polypteridae Lacépède 1803 sensu stricto
- ** Genus †Bawitius Grandstaff et al. 2012
- *** Species †Bawitius bartheli Grandstaff et al. 2012
- ** Genus †Serenoichthys Dutheil 1999
- *** Species †Serenoichthys kemkemensis Dutheil 1999
- ** Genus Erpetoichthys Smith 1865
- *** Species Erpetoichthys calabaricus
- ** Genus Polypterus Lacepède 1803
- *** Species Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger, 1910
- *** Species Polypterus bichir Lacépède, 1803
- *** Species Polypterus congicus Boulenger, 1898
- *** Species Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899
- *** Species Polypterus endlicheri Heckel, 1847
- *** Species Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer, 2006
- *** Species Polypterus ornatipinnis Boulenger, 1902
- *** Species Polypterus palmas Ayres, 1850
- *** Species Polypterus polli J. P. Gosse, 1988
- *** Species Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant, 1899
- *** Species Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829
- *** Species Polypterus teugelsi Britz, 2004
- *** Species Polypterus weeksii Boulenger, 1898
