†subfamily Aphyoninae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Alternative spelling: Aphyonidae
Parent taxon: Bythitidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Bellotia, Brosmophycinae, Brosmophyciops, Brosmophycis, Bythitidarum, Bythitinae, Dinematichthyinae, Dinematichthys, Diplacanthopoma, Grammonus, Propteridium, Pseudonus, Timorichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aphyoninae in the database