Family Derichthyidae (eel)
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Derichthyidae
Synonym: Colocongridae
Parent taxon: Congroidei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Cyemidae, Dysommidae, Encheliidae, Neenchelyidae, Nettastomatidae, Nettastomidae, Sauromuraenesocidae, Xenocongridae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Derichthyidae in the database