†family Canthigasteridae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Parent taxon: Gymnodontes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Archaeotetraodon, Eotetraodon, Leithaodon, Sphoeroides, Tetraodon, Diodontoidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Canthigasteridae in the database