Family Percophididae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Jugulares - Percophididae
Parent taxon: Percophidiformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Hemerocoetidae, Limnichthyidae, Muglioididae, Parapercidae, Pteropsaridae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Percophididae in the database