Family Trichodontidae Bleeker 1859 (perch-like fish)
Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Trichodontidae
Parent taxon: Cottales according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Agonidae, Cottidae, Cyclopteridae, Jordaniidae, Liparidae, Psychrolutidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae
Subtaxa: Trichodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri (Miocene of New Zealand)