Family Echeneidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Echeneidae
Parent taxon: Carangiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Danil'chenko 1960, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Carangidae, Coryphaenidae, Nematistiidae, Rachycentridae
Subtaxa: Echeneis Oligoremora
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences