Suborder Platycephaloidei (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes
Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactinidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Neoplatycephalus, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Triglidae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platycephaloidei in the database