Family Stromateidae Rafinesque 1810 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Stromateidae
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Danil'chenko 1980, Jordan 1963, Miya et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Carangodidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Euzaphlegidae, Gempylidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Scombropidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Pinichthys Stromateus
Type: Stromateus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence