Family Monocentridae (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Beryciformes - Monocentridae

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

See also Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Africentrum, Anoplogastridae, Berycidae, Berycoidei, Berycomorus, Beryx dalmaticus, Beryx subovatus, Brazosiella, Cryptoberyx, Ctenoberyx, Dinopterygoidei, Diretmidae, Holocentrites, Holocentroidea, Holocentroidei, Inocentrus, Kryptophanaron, Melamphaidae, Omosoma, Pattersonoberyx, Plectrypops, Plesioberyx, Polymixioidei, Poromitra, Pseudholocentrum, Pseudomonocentrididae, Sargocentron, Scianenuropsis, Stephanoberycoidei, Trachichthyoidei

Subtaxa: Cleidopus Monocentris

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Neogene of Indonesia (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Barbados (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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