Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Lophiiformes

Current position

Ogcocephaloidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Antennarioidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Lophiiformes (Order) Garman, 1899	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Ogcocephalioidea (Superfamily) Nelson, 1994, orth. inval.	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 254.

Historical positions

Ogcocephaloidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.
Ogcocephaloidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 28.
Ogcocephaloidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 511-512.
Lophiiformes (Order) Garman, 1899	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Lophiiformes (Order) Garman, 1899	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Ogcocephaloidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 165.
Ogcocephalioidea (Superfamily) Nelson, 1994, orth. inval.	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 254.
Lophiiformes (Order) Garman, 1899	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 366.
Lophiiformes (Order) Garman, 1899	Ref: 1998
Lophiiformes (Order) Garman, 1899	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2468.
Antennarioidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Antennarioidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 893.
Antennarioidei (Suborder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10g;67s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Sep 2025	[10g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 31	10g;70s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 254	[10g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 893	9g;55s