Family Caracanthidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 355415
Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactidae, Congiopodidae, Cottoidei, Ctenopomichthys, Eosynanceja, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthys, Lepidocottus, Neoplatycephalus, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Podothecus, Triglidae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic omnivore