Suborder Antennarioidei (anglerfish)

Osteichthyes - Lophiiformes

Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Pietsch 2010, Constantin 1999 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae

Subtaxa: Antennariidae Onchocephalidae Tetrabranchidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection)

• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences

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