Family Himantolophidae (anglerfish)
Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Himantolophidae
Parent taxon: Ceratioidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Leptacanthichthys, Melanocetidae, Oneirodidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Himantolophidae in the database