Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte 1831 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Pomacentridae

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

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Ambassidae, Atherinomorphae, Blenniomorphae, Callionymiformes, Cichlomorphae, Congrogadidae, Embiotocidae, Grammatidae, Icosteiformes, Moroniformes, Mugilomorphae, Opisthognathidae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pseudochromidae, Scombrolabraciformes, Trachiniformes

Subtaxa: Chiarachromis Chromis Izuus Lorenzichthys Palaeopomacentrus Sorbinichromis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

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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