†family Cephaloxenidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Cephaloxenidae
Parent taxon: Perleidiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Boreichthys, Chrotichthys, Cleiothrolepididae, Cleithrolepidae, Colobodontidae, Crenolepis, Daninia, Dollopterus, Fuyuanperleididae, Gabanellidae, Habroichthyidae, Manlietta, Perleididae, Platysiagidae, Polzbergiidae, Saurichthyes, Tripelta, Zeuchthiscus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cephaloxenidae in the database