Family Hoplichthyidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes - Hoplichthyidae
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, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Neoplatycephalus, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Platycephaloidei, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Triglidae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: Hoplichthys Praehoplichthys
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (7)
• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence