Suborder Ceratioidei (anglerfish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 165053
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Antennarius, Brachionichthyidae, Chaunacoidei, Dibranchus, Lophioidei, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus
Subtaxa: Caulophyrnidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Diceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Himantolophidae, Linophrynidae, Melanocetidae, Neoceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore