Suborder Lophioidei Cuvier (anglerfish)
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Fierstine et al. 2012 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Lophius
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophioidei in the database