Oceanic basslets

{{Short description|Family of ray-finned fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|34|0|Late Eocene-present}}

| image = Howella brodiei (Pelagic basslet).gif

| image_caption = Howella brodiei

| taxon = Howellidae

| authority = Ogilby, 1899{{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 | pmid = 25543675 | doi-access = free }}

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision_ref = {{FishBase family | family = Howellidae | month = December| year = 2019}}

| subdivision = See text

}}

The oceanic basslets are ray-finned fish that belong to the small family Howellidae within the order Acropomatiformes. The family includes about 9 species. They are mostly deep-water species, some of which move to shallower waters at night. Various species are found in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, including the Coral Sea, and Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea.[http://www.animalspot.net/basslet.html "Basslets" at AnimalSpot web site] Retrieved February 4, 2015.