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