Family Cyclopteridae Bonaparte 1831 (perch-like fish)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cyclopteridae
Parent taxon: Cottales according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Agonidae, Cottidae, Hexagrammidae, Liparidae, Psychrolutidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Cyclopterus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cyclopteridae in the database