Actinopteri - Lophiiformes

Parent taxon: Ceratioidei according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Carnevale et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Himantolophidae, Melanocetidae, Oneirodidae

Subtaxa: Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACM 6202, Wilshire and Vermont (Miocene of California)

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