Parent taxon: Carangaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Centropomidae, Istiophoriformes, Lactariidae, Menidae, Pleuronectiformes, Polynemidae, Pygaeidae, Sphyraenidae, Toxotidae
Subtaxa: Carangidae Coryphaenidae Ductoridae Echeneidae Nematistiidae Opisthomyzonidae Rachycentridae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Quaternary of Australia (1), Greece (7), Italy (3), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: California, Florida, Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (2), Cyprus (1), Greece (2), Italy (6), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Austria (1), Chile (1), Czechia (3), France (4), Greece (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (7), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (7: California, Maryland), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Germany (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: California, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), Greenland (1)
Total: 105 collections including 139 occurrences