Family Prototroctidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Osmeriformes - Prototroctidae
Parent taxon: Osmeriformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Allosmerus, Carpathichthys, Enoplophthalmus, Maulisia, Nybelinoides, Opisthoproctus, Osmeridae, Plecoglossidae, Retropinnidae, Salangidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prototroctidae in the database