Family Polycentridae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Polycentridae
Parent taxon: Ovalentaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ambassidae, Atherinomorphae, Blenniomorphae, Callionymiformes, Cichlomorphae, Congrogadidae, Cylindracanthus, Embiotocidae, Grammatidae, Icosteiformes, Moroniformes, Mugilomorphae, Opisthognathidae, Plesiopidae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae, Scombrolabraciformes, Trachiniformes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polycentridae in the database