Family Rachycentridae Gill 1896 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Carangiformes - Rachycentridae

Parent taxon: Carangiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Carangidae, Coryphaenidae, Ductoridae, Echeneidae, Nematistiidae, Opisthomyzonidae

Subtaxa: Rachycentron

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Chile (1 collection)

• Miocene of Chile (1), United States (1: Maryland)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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