奇鲷科为辐鳍鱼纲奇鲷目的其中一科。

奇鲷科下分4个属，如下：

• Abyssoberyx属
  • (Abyssoberyx levisquamosus)
• 棘冠鲷属(Acanthochaenus)
  • 罗氏棘冠鲷(Acanthochaenus luetkenii)
• 软冠鲷属(Malacosarcus)
  • 大口软冠鲷(Malacosarcus macrostoma)
• 奇金眼鲷属(Stephanoberyx)
  • 奇金眼鲷(Stephanoberyx monae)

Pricklefishes are a family, Stephanoberycidae, of fishes in the order Stephanoberyciformes.

They are found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa.

They are deep-water fishes, only living below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), and have been found down to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft). It is thought that they are bathypelagic (deep ocean dwelling) or benthic (bottom dwelling) as they are known to eat crabs.