After Johnson & Patterson, 1996

<==o Alepocephaloidea (silokuorreensukuiset)
   |?- †Gaudryella gaudryi U. Cret. WAs. 
   |?-o †Humbertia U. Cret. Eoc. Eu. SWAs.
   |  `-- †H. operta
   |-- Platytroctidae [incl. Searsiidae] (Tubeshoulders and searsids) [13/28]
   `--+--o Bathylaconidae
      |  |-- Herwigia kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970) (Krefft's smooth-head)
      |  `--o Bathylaco
      |     |-- B. nielseni Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980
      |     `-- B. nigricans Goode & Bean, 1896 (Black warrior)
      `-- Alepocephalidae (silokuorreet)

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