Family Harpagiferidae (perch-like fish)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Harpagiferidae
Parent taxon: Notothenioidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Artedidraconidae, Bathydraconidae, Bovichtidae, Channichthyidae, Eleginopsidae, Nototheniidae, Pseudaphritidae
Subtaxa: Harpagifer
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pareora River (Miocene of New Zealand)