†family Pycnosteroididae Patterson 1964 (beardfish)
Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Pycnosteroididae
Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482
Parent taxon: Polymixiiformes according to A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson 2014
See also Patterson 1964
Sister taxa: Boreiohydriidae, Cumbaaichthys, Polymixiidae
Subtaxa: Magrebichthys Pycnosteroides
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: