Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Alternative spelling: Stomiatidae
Parent taxon: Stomiatiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale 2002, Carnevale 2007, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Nazarkin 2014, Nelson et al. 2016, Pauca 1931 and Prokofiev 2001
Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatidae, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyidae, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Telepholis
Subtaxa: Abruzzoichthys Azemiolestes Borostomias Chauliodus Gonostomatinae Mrazecia Stomias
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene of Italy (2), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (10: California)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
• Eocene of Georgia (1)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences