Family Xiphisternidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Blenniiformes - Xiphisternidae
Parent taxon: Blenniiformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anarrhichthyidae, Atopoclinidae, Blennioidei, Cebidichthyidae, Emblemariidae, Gobiesocoidei, Lumpenidae, Notograptidae, Ophioclinidae, Peronedyidae, Runulidae, Xenocephalidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xiphisternidae in the database