Family Aploactinidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes - Aploactinidae
Alternative spelling: Aploactidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Neoplatycephalus, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Platycephaloidei, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Triglidae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aploactinidae in the database