Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Phosichthyidae
Alternative spelling: Photichthyidae
Parent taxon: Stomiiformes according to P. Calzoni et al. 2026
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Constantin 1999, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatidae, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Stomiidae, Stomioidei, Telepholis
Subtaxa: Photichthyidarum Polymetme Sabbathichthys Solterichthys Vinciguerria Woodsia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (4 collections), Italy (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (4)
• Miocene of Chile (2), Czechia (1), France (4), Gabon (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Ukraine (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Czechia (2), France (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)
• Eocene of France (2), Georgia (1), Italy (2)
Total: 44 collections including 60 occurrences