Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Brachionichthyidae

Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Carnevale and Pietsch 2010, Jordan 1963 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae

Subtaxa: Brachionichthys Histionotophorus Orrichthys Sympterichthys

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection) (Eocene of Italy)

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