Family Pomacentridae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Pomacentridae

Parent taxon: Ovalentariae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Ambassidae, Atherinomorphae, Blenniimorphae, Cichlomorphae, Embiotocidae, Mugilomorphae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pseudochromidae

Subtaxa: Chromis Izuus Lorenzichthys Palaeopomacentrus Sorbinichromis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (4 collections)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences

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