Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017
See also Lin et al. 2017, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011, Schwarzhans et al. 2017 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Glyptophidium Monomitopus Neobythitini
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of New Zealand (4)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (5), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 30 collections including 40 occurrences