†suborder Cottoidei Agassiz 1835 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (4me livraison) 33-52

Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactinidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Congiopodidae, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eulophiidae, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Jordaniidae, Neoplatycephalus, Normanichthyidae, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Ptilichthyidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Trichodontidae, Triglidae, Zaniolepididae, Zaniolepis

Subtaxa: Cottoideorum

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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