†family Ophididae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophididae
Parent taxon: Ophidiiformes according to D. Nolf and D. Dockery 1993
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Benthocometes, Brotula, Bythitoidei, Carapidae, Dannevigia, Ophidiidae, Ophidioidei, Parabrotulidae, Rhodichthyidae
Subtaxa: Bauzaia Brotulinae Signata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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