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Taxon: Suborder Ceratioidei (fish)
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Infraphylum [Gnathostomata] Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates see Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874
   Megaclass Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Superclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
             Megacohort Osteoglossocephalai
               Supercohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                     Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                       Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                         Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                           Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                             Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                               Series Eupercaria
                                 Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
                                   Suborder Ceratioidei - deepsea anglerfishes
                                     01 Family Ceratiidae Gill, 1861 - seadevils
                                     02 Family Gigantactinidae Boulenger, 1904 - whipnose seadevils
                                     03 Family Himantolophidae Gill, 1861 - footballfishes
                                     04 Family Melanocetidae Gill, 1878 - black seadevils
                                     05 Family Oneirodidae Gill, 1878 - dreamers
                                     06 Family Caulophrynidae Goode & Bean, 1896 - fanfins
                                     07 Family Centrophrynidae Bertelsen, 1951 - prickly seadevils
                                     08 Family Diceratiidae Regan & Trewavas, 1932 - doublespine seadevils
                                     09 Family Linophrynidae Regan, 1925 - leftvent seadevils
                                     10 Family Neoceratiidae Regan, 1926 - needlebeard seadevils
                                     11 Family Thaumatichthyidae Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 - wolftrap seadevils

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