Family Trichiuridae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 127945
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Thunnidae
Subtaxa: Anenchelum, Aphanopus, Benthodesmus, Lepidopus, Trichiuridarum, Trichiurinae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore