Order Ophidiiformes Berg 1937 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Ophidiimorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Benthocometes Brotula Bythitoidei Carapidae Dannevigia Ophididae Ophidiidae Ophidioidei Parabrotulidae Rhodichthyidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite