Family Tetraodontidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 83298
Synonyms: Gymnodontes Cuvier 1817 (no. 133199), Gymnodontidae Cuvier 1817 (no. 210645)
Parent taxon: Tetraodontoidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Avitoplectidae, Ctenoplectus, Diodontidae, Eoplectoidea, Moloidea, Tetraodontoidea, Triodontoidea
Subtaxa: Archaeotetraodon, Canthigasteridae, Diodontoidea, Eotetraodon, Leithaodon, Sphoeroides, Tetraodon
Type: Tetraodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore