After Harold & Weitzman, 1996, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

Alternative taxonomy after Nelson, 1994

<==o Stomiiformes [Stomiatiformes] (kitakalat)
   |--+-- Manducus maderensis (Johnson, 1890) [Diplophos]
   |  `--o Diplophos [6]
   |     |-- D. australis Ozawa, Oda & Ida, 1990
   |     |-- D. greyae Johnson, 1970
   |     |-- D. maderensis (Johnson, 1890)
   |     |-- D. orientalis Matsubara, 1940
   |     |-- D. rebainsi Krefft & Parin, 1972
   |     `-- D. taenia Günther, 1873 (Pacific portholefish)
   `--+--o Gonostomata
      |  |-- Sternoptychidae (lättäkalat)
      |  `-- Gonostomatidae sensu Harold & Weitzman, 1996 (sukasuut; bristlemouths)
      `--+-- Triplophos hemingi (McArdle, 1901)
         `--o Photichthya [Photichthyoidei, Stomiatoidei] (valokalamaiset)
            |?-o †Protostomiatidae
            |  |-- †Pronotacanthus U. Cret. SWAs.
            |  `-- †Protostomia U. Cret. NAf. 
            `--o Photichthyidae [Phosichthyidae] (valokalat) [paraphyletic]
               |-- Yarrella blackfordi Goode & Bean, 1896
               `--+--o Polymetne [3]
                  |  |-- P. corythaeola (Alcock, 1898)
                  |  |-- P. elongata (Matsubara, 1938)
                  |  `-- P. thaeocoryla Parin & Borodulina, 1990
                  `--+--+-- Pollichthys mauli (Poll, 1953) (Stareye lightfish)
                     |  `--o Vinciguerria [Zalarges] Olig. Mioc. Eu. R. Oc.
                     |     |-- V. attenuata (Cocco, 1838)
                     |     |-- V. lucetia (Garman, 1899) (Panama lightfish)
                     |     |-- V. nimbaria (Jordan & Williams, 1895) (Oceanic lightfish)
                     |     `-- V. poweriae (Cocco, 1838) (Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish)
                     `--+--o Photichthys [Phosichthys] Mioc. Eu. Plioc. NAf. R. Oc. [1 Recent species]
                        |  |-- †P. larteti
                        |  `-- P. argenteus Hutton, 1872
                        `--+--o Ichthyococcus [6]
                           |  |-- I. australis Mukhacheva, 1980
                           |  |-- I. elongatus Imai, 1941 Slim lightfish
                           |  |-- I. intermedius Mukhacheva, 1980
                           |  |-- I. irregularis Rechnitzer & Böhlke, 1958 (Bulldog lightfish)
                           |  |-- I. ovatus (Cocco, 1838) (Lightfish)
                           |  `-- I. polli Blache, 1963
                           `--+--o Woodsia [2]
                              |  |-- W. meyerwaardeni Krefft, 1973
                              |  `-- W. nonsuchae (Beebe, 1932) (Bigeye lightfish)
                              `-- Stomiidae (lohikäärmekalat)

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