Clade Cottiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Cataphracti according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Cyclopteriformes, Hexagrammiformes, Platycephaliformes, Trigliformes
Subtaxa: Abyssocottidae Ascelichthyidae Aspidophoroididae Blepsiidae Comephoridae Cottocomerphoridae Hemitripteridae Icelidae Neophrynichthyidae Synchridae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cottiformes in the database