†family Parabrotulidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Parabrotulidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Benthocometes, Brotula, Bythitoidei, Dannevigia, Ophididae, Ophidioidei, Rhodichthyidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parabrotulidae in the database