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, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae
Subtaxa: Lophiidae
Type: Lophius
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Maine, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (1), Belgium (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Belgium (4), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences