Family Gigantactinidae (anglerfish)
Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Gigantactinidae
Parent taxon: Ceratioidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Ceratiidae, Himantolophidae, Leptacanthichthys, Melanocetidae, Oneirodidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gigantactinidae in the database