Family Blochiidae Bleeker 1859 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Blochiidae
Synonyms: Blochioidei Pictet 1854, Blochioides Pictet 1854, Rostrati Giebel 1847
Parent taxon: Istiophoriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Casier 1966, Fierstine 2006, Jordan 1963, Monsch and Bannikov 2011, Otero 2019, Schultz 1987, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Udovichenko and Nessov 1987 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Hemingwayidae, Istiophoridae, Palaeorhynchidae, Xiphiidae
Subtaxa: Acestrus Blochius Congorhynchus Loancorhynchus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Chile (1 collection), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1), Uzbekistan (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences