Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839 (perch-like fish)
Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Zoarcidae
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, Cryptacanthodidae, Eulophiidae, Lumpenidae, Neozoarcidae, Opisthocentridae, Pholidae, Ptilichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Stichaeidae, Zaproridae
Subtaxa: Zoarces
Type: Zoarces
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Archi (Quaternary of Italy)