Family Phallostethidae (silverside)
Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Phallostethidae
Parent taxon: Atheriniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Atherinidae, Atherinopsidae, Bedotiidae, Chirostoma, Colpichthys, Dentatherinidae, Isonidae, Melanotaeniidae, Menidia, Mesogasteridae, Notocheiridae, Palaeoatherina, Pranesus, Pseudomugilidae, Rhamphognathidae, Stenatherina, Telmatherinidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phallostethidae in the database