Order Blenniiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Blenniimorphae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Opistognathidae
Subtaxa: Anarrhichthyidae Atopoclinidae Blennioidei Cebidichthyidae Emblemariidae Gobiesocoidei Lumpenidae Notograptidae Ophioclinidae Peronedyidae Runulidae Xenocephalidae Xiphisternidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore