Suborder Dactylopteroidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Syngnathiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aulorhamphidae, Aulostomidae, Aulostomoidea, Callionymoidei, Centriscidae, Fistularioididae, Macrorhamphosidae, Mulloidei, Paraeoliscidae, Parasynarcualidae, Pegasidae, Rhamphosidae, Solenostomidae, Syngnathoidei, Urosphenidae
Subtaxa: Dactylopteridae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
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