Family Liparidae (perch-like fish)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Liparidae
Parent taxon: Cottales according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Agonidae, Cottidae, Cyclopteridae, Hexagrammidae, Psychrolutidae
Subtaxa: Liparis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence