Family Malacosteidae (bony fish)
Osteichthyes - Iniomi - Malacosteidae
Parent taxon: Iniomi according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Bathypteroidae, Beerichthyidae, Cetunculi, Cheirothricidae, Chondrichthyes, Harpodontidae, Omosudidae, Plagyodontidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Malacosteidae in the database