Cebidichthyidae

Cebidichthyidae is a family of marine ray-finned fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean.^[1] Until recently, all members of this family were placed in the subfamily Xiphisterinae of the Stichaeidae, but more recent phylogenetic studies have found them to form a distinct clade that is the second-most basal member of the suborder.^[2]

Cebidichthyidae
Monkeyface prickleback (Cebidichthys violaceus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Zoarcoidei
Family:	Cebidichthyidae Gill, 1862

It contains the following genera:^[3]

• Cebidichthys Ayres, 1855
• Dictyosoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
• Esselenichthys Anderson, 2003