Subfamily Merlucciinae Rafinesque 1815 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Parent taxon: Merlucciidae according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017
See also Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Macrurulus, Merlucciidarum, Merluccius, Palaeogadus, Promerluccius, Rhinocephalus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merlucciinae in the database