Family Peristediidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Peristediidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Casier 1966 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactinidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Congiopodidae, Cottoidei, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eulophiidae, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Jordaniidae, Neoplatycephalus, Normanichthyidae, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Ptilichthyidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Trichodontidae, Triglidae, Zaniolepididae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Peristediidae in the database