Suborder Ogcocephaloidei (anglerfish)
Alternative spelling: Ogcocephalioidei
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae
Subtaxa: Ogcocephalidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence