Osteichthyes - Lophiiformes - Brachionichthyidae

Synonym: Histiocephalus De Zigno 1887 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1904. Descriptions of Bolca fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 46(1):1-36

Parent taxon: Brachionichthyidae according to G. Carnevale and T. W. Pietsch 2010

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014 and Eastman 1904

Sister taxa: Brachionichthys, Orrichthys, Sympterichthys

Subtaxa: Histionotophorus bassani

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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