Infraorder Zoarcales (perch-like fish)
Parent taxon: Cottoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatales, Cottales, Cottoideorum, Gasterosteales, Hexagrammales, Zaniolepidales
Subtaxa: Anarhichadidae Bathymasteridae Cebidichthyidae Cryptacanthodidae Eulophiidae Lumpenidae Neozoarcidae Opisthocentridae Pholidae Ptilichthyidae Scytalinidae Stichaeidae Zaproridae Zoarcidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Greenland (1), Italy (1), United States (4: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of South Korea (1), United States (3: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence