Family Coryphaenidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Carangiformes - Coryphaenidae
Parent taxon: Carangiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Carangidae, Ductoridae, Echeneidae, Nematistiidae, Opisthomyzonidae, Rachycentridae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coryphaenidae in the database