Subfamily Thorectichthyinae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae
Parent taxon: Paraclupeidae according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ellimichthys, Ellimmichthyinae, Ellimminae, Eoellimmichthys, Paraclupeinae, Thorectichthys, Triplomystus, Tycheroichthys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thorectichthyinae in the database