Family Osmeridae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Osmeriformes - Osmeridae

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

See also Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Allosmerus, Carpathichthys, Enoplophthalmus, Maulisia, Nybelinoides, Opisthoproctus, Plecoglossidae, Prototroctidae, Retropinnidae, Salangidae

Subtaxa: Hypomesus Spirinchus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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