Suborder Citharinoidei Buckup 1998 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Characiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Murray 2003 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Characoidei, Miletes, Rhodsia, Santanichthys
Subtaxa: Citharinidae Distichodontidae Eocitharinus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mahenge (Eocene of Tanzania)