Family Brachionichthyidae Gill 1878 (anglerfish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 352293
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Antennarius, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Dibranchus, Lophioidei, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus
Subtaxa: Brachionichthys, Histionotophorus, Orrichthys, Sympterichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore