Family Melanonidae Goode and Bean 1896 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Melanonidae
Parent taxon: Melanonoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Karrerichthys Melanonidarum Melanonus Trachyrhynchinae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (4 collections), France (1), Italy (3), New Zealand (9)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences