†family Chauliodontidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Chauliodontidae
Parent taxon: Enchodontoidei according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also David 1943
Sister taxa: Anotopteridae, Eurypholidae, Gonostomidae, Idiacanthidae, Maurolicidae, Serrilepidae, Serrilepis, Spinascutichthys, Stylophthalmidae, Tomognathidae, Yabrudichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chauliodontidae in the database