Base of the evolutionary tree for Stephanoberycoidei

• Stephanoberycoidei (10 species)
  • unnamed group 857385 → (7 species)
    • unnamed group 857387 → (5 species)
      • Pricklefishes (Stephanoberycidae) → (4 species)
        • Pricklefish (Acanthochaenus luetkenii)
        • Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
        • Pricklefish (Stephanoberyx monae)
        • Malacosarcus macrostoma
      • Velvet whalefish (Barbourisia rufa)
    • redmouth whalefishes (Rondeletiidae) → (2 species)
      • Red-mouth whalefish (Rondeletia loricata)
      • Rondeletia bicolor Goode & Bean 1895
  • gibberfishes (Gibberichthyidae) → (2 species)
    • Gibberichthys latifrons
    • Gibberfish (Gibberichthys pumilus)
  • Hispidoberyx ambagiosus