Family Niphonidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Kurtiformes - Niphonidae
Parent taxon: Kurtiformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acanthoclinidae, Aphareidae, Apogonoidei, Denticidae, Diploprionidae, Elassomidae, Etheostomidae, Glaucosomidae, Henicichthyidae, Histiopteridae, Hoplopagridae, Inermiidae, Kurtoidei, Labracoglossidae, Neoletherinidae, Oligoridae, Otholithidae, Pomadasidae, Pseudoplesiopidae, Rhegmatidae, Theraponidae, Verilidae, Xenichthyidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Niphonidae in the database