Family Opisthocentridae Jordan and Evermann 1898 (perch-like fish)
Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Opisthocentridae
Parent taxon: Zoarcales according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Anarhichadidae, Bathymasteridae, Cebidichthyidae, Cryptacanthodidae, Eulophiidae, Lumpenidae, Neozoarcidae, Pholidae, Ptilichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Stichaeidae, Zaproridae, Zoarcidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Opisthocentridae in the database