Family Leptoscopidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Leptoscopidae
Parent taxon: Trachiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ammodytidae, Champsodontidae, Cheimarrhichthyidae, Trachinidae, Trichonotidae
Subtaxa: Awamoa Leptoscopus Lesueurina Neopercis Waitahana
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), New Zealand (22)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 29 collections including 41 occurrences