Family Muraenolepididae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Muraenolepididae
Alternative spelling: Muraenolepidae
Parent taxon: Gadiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Bathygadidae, Brosme, Euclichthyidae, Gadoidei, Gaidropsaridae, Lota, Macrouroidei, Macruroididae, Macruronidae, Maorigadus, Melanonidae, Merluccidae, Paratichthys, Pollachius, Pseudoraniceps, Ranicipitidae, Rankinian, Squalogadus, Trachyrhynchus, Trichurides
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Muraenolepididae in the database