Family Cryptacanthodidae Gill 1861 (perch-like fish)

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Cryptacanthodidae

Parent taxon: Zoarcales according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Anarhichadidae, Bathymasteridae, Cebidichthyidae, Eulophiidae, Lumpenidae, Neozoarcidae, Opisthocentridae, Pholidae, Ptilichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Stichaeidae, Zaproridae, Zoarcidae

Subtaxa: Cryptacanthodes

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (3: Oregon)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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