Family Psychrolutidae (perch-like fish)
Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Psychrolutidae
Parent taxon: Cottales according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Agonidae, Cottidae, Cyclopteridae, Jordaniidae, Liparidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae, Trichodontidae
Subtaxa: Cottunculus Malacocottus Neophrynichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (2), New Zealand (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence