Family Holocentridae Richardson 1846 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae

Parent taxon: Holocentriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2019, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Nolf and Dockery 1990, Patterson 1964, Schwarzhans 2007 and Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Berybolcensis Caproberyginae Eoholocentrum Holocentridarum Holocentrinae Holocentronotus Holocentrus Microcentrum Myripristinae Myripristis Naupygus Paraberyx Pelotius Plectroplites Tenuicentrum

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (3 collections), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Slovakia (1), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (8), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Louisiana, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), United States (1: Kansas)

Total: 36 collections including 49 occurrences

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