After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Lophiiformes (krottikalat; anglerfishes)
   |-- Lophiidae [Lophioidei] (merikrotit) [4 genera, 25 species]
   `--+--o Antennarioidei
      |  |-- Antennariidae [incl. Tetrabrachiidae] (antennikrotit) [FB: 14/44]
      |  `--o Brachionichthyidae (okakrotit; Handfishes, warty anglers)
      |     |--o †Histionotophorus [Histiocephalus] M. Eoc. Eu. [a antennariid sensu Frickhinger, 1995]
      |     |  `-- †H. bassani
      |     `--o Brachionichthys [Sympterichthys] (okakrotit; Handfishes, warty anglers) [4]
      |        |-- B. hirsutus (Lacépède, 1804)
      |        |-- B. politus (Richardson, 1844)
      |        |-- B. unipennis (Cuvier, 1817)
      |        `-- B. verrucosus (McCulloch & Waite, 1918)
      `--+-- Chaunacidae [Chaunacoidei] (konnakrotit)
         `--o Ogcocephalioidei [incl. Ceratioidei]
            |-- Ogcocephalidae [Ogcocephalioidea] (peikkokrotit)
            `-- Ceratioidea [Ceratioidei sensu Pietsch & Orr, 2007] (deep-sea anglerfishes; syvänmerenkrotit)

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