Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Brazilichthyidae
Full reference: C. B. Cox and P. Hutchinson. 1991. Fishes and Amphibians from the Late Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation of Northern Brazil. Palaeontology 34(3):561-573
Parent taxon: Palaeonisciformes according to C. B. Cox and P. Hutchinson 1991
Sister taxa: Agecephalichthys, Amblypterina, Arratiaichthys, Atherstoniidae, Blanzychthys, Boreolepidae, Borichthys, Brachypareion, Browneichthys, Burbonella, Caelatichthys, Canobiidae, Cornuboniscus, Cosmolepis, Cosmoptychiidae, Daedalichthys, Daqingshaniscus, Decazella, Dorsolepis, Dorypteroidei, Drydenius, Fukangichthys, Gardinerichthys, Gyrolepidoides, Holuridae, Huanghelepis, Igornella, Igornichthyidae, Illiniichthys, Kentuckia, Korutichthys, Letovichthys, Luederia, Mansfieldiscus, Neuburgella, Orvikuina, Osorioichthys, Palaeoniscoidei, Palaeothrissum, Paradrydenius, Paragonatodus, Phanerorhynchidae, Plesiococcolepis, Protamblyptera, Psilichthys, Redfieldioidei, Rhabdolepis, Sakamenichthys, Scanilepididae, Sceletophoridae, Songanella, Tanaocrossus, Trissolepididae, Urosthenes, Westollia, Zaxilepis, Zhongweilepis
Subtaxa: Brazilichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pastos Bons, Maranhao (Permian of Brazil)