Ovalentaria
a percomorph series of ray-finned fishes, includes mullet, cichlids, damselfishes, etc. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ovalentaria is a clade of ray-finned fishes within the Percomorpha. It includes the order Stiassnyiformes. Some authors have used it for a clade including Mugiloidei, Plesiopidae, Blenniiformes, Atherinomorpha, and Cichlidae. It was named by W. L. Smith and T. J. Near in Wainwright in 2012.