Suborder Ceratioidei (anglerfish)
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale et al. 2008, Carnevale and Pietsch 2009, Fierstine et al. 2012, Pietsch and Lavenberg 1980 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae
Subtaxa: Ceratiidae Gigantactinidae Himantolophidae Leptacanthichthys Melanocetidae Oneirodidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences