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Taxon: Suborder Ceratioidei (fish)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
                   Suborder Ceratioidei - deepsea anglerfishes
                     01 Family Caulophrynidae Goode & Bean, 1896 - fanfins
                     02 Family Melanocetidae Gill, 1878 - black seadevils
                     03 Family Diceratiidae Regan & Trewavas, 1932 - doublespine seadevils
                     04 Family Himantolophidae Gill, 1861 - footballfishes
                     05 Family Oneirodidae Gill, 1878 - dreamers
                     06 Family Thaumatichthyidae Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 - wolftrap seadevils
                     07 Family Gigantactinidae Boulenger, 1904 - whipnose seadevils
                     08 Family Neoceratiidae Regan, 1926 - needlebeard seadevils
                     09 Family Centrophrynidae Bertelsen, 1951 - prickly seadevils
                     10 Family Ceratiidae Gill, 1861 - seadevils
                     11 Family Linophrynidae Regan, 1925 - leftvent seadevils

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