Suborder Chaunacoidei (anglerfish)
Alternative spelling: Chaunacioidei
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae
Subtaxa: Chaunacidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections), Italy (3)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of France (3), Germany (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences