Subfamily Gonostomatinae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Parent taxon: Stomiatidae according to C. Arambourg 1927
See also Arambourg 1925
Sister taxa: Abruzzoichthys, Azemiolestes, Borostomias, Chauliodus, Mrazecia, Stomias
Subtaxa: Photichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gonostomatinae in the database