Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Gonostomatidae
Parent taxon: Stomiatiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale 2007, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Nazarkin 2015, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyidae, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Stomiidae, Stomioidei, Telepholis
Subtaxa: Bonapartia Cyclothone Gonostoma Gonostomatidarum Margrethia Scopeloides Sigmops
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Italy (3), Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Germany (1), Greece (3), Italy (7), Japan (1), New Zealand (6), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: California)
• Oligocene of Czechia (3), France (1), Romania (3)
• Eocene of France (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (1)
Total: 46 collections including 60 occurrences