Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Parent taxon: Gadoidei according to D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante 1965
See also Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Jordan 1963, Lin et al. 2017, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans 1978
Sister taxa: Gadidae, Lotidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Phycidae
Subtaxa: Bregmacerina Bregmaceros
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Cyprus (1), Greece (10), Italy (6), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Angola (1), Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Gabon (1), Germany (1), Greece (9), India (1), Italy (10), Malta (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (11), Panama (2), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Georgia (1), Hungary (4), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (5), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), New Zealand (4), United States (7: California, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 101 collections including 102 occurrences