Family Gnathanacanthidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes - Gnathanacanthidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactinidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eutrigla, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Neoplatycephalus, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Platycephaloidei, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Triglidae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gnathanacanthidae in the database