Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to P. Oyanadel-Urbina et al. 2021
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Lepophidiini
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Chile (2)
• Eocene of France (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences