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)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088 - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Pietsch, T. W. & Orr, J. W., 2007: Phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea anglerfishes of the suborder Ceratioidei (Teleostei: Lophiiformes) based on morphology.
–Copeia: Vol. 2007, #1, pp. 1-34