Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Alternative spelling: Photichthyidae
Parent taxon: Stomiatiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Constantin 1999, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatidae, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Stomiidae, Telepholis
Subtaxa: Photichthyidarum Polymetme Vinciguerria Woodsia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (4 collections), Italy (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (4)
• Miocene of Czechia (1), France (4), Gabon (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Ukraine (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Czechia (2), France (2), Georgia (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)
• Eocene of France (2), Georgia (1)
Total: 40 collections including 55 occurrences