†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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of India (1), Indonesia (1), United States (11: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Texas)

Total: 15 collections including 24 occurrences

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