Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Alternative spelling: Photichthyidae
Parent taxon: Stomiatiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Constantin 1999, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatidae, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Stomiidae, Telepholis
Subtaxa: Photichthyidarum Polymetme Vinciguerria Woodsia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Gabon (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Ukraine (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Georgia (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)
• Eocene of France (2), Georgia (1)
Total: 31 collections including 44 occurrences