Family Ammodytidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Ammodytidae
Parent taxon: Trachiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2004, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Přikryl et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Champsodontidae, Cheimarrhichthyidae, Leptoscopidae, Trachinidae, Trichonotidae
Subtaxa: Ammodytes Ammodytidarum Gymnammodytes Hyperoplus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
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