Family Trachipteridae (ray-finned fish)
PaleoDB taxon number: 246700
Parent taxon: Lampridiformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Analectis, Ateleopus, Bajaichthyidae, Bathysoma, Danatinia, Eolophotes, Lamprididae, Palaeocentrotus, Pegasus volans, Protolophotus, Regalecidae, Turkmene, Veliferidae
Subtaxa: Trachipterus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore