Suborder Gobiesocoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Blenniiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Anarrhichthyidae, Atopoclinidae, Blennioidei, Emblemariidae, Notograptidae, Ophioclinidae, Peronedyidae, Runulidae, Xenocephalidae, Xiphisternidae
Subtaxa: Gobiesocidae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Soledad Pass (Miocene of California)