Parent taxon: Cichlomorphae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Pholidichthyiformes
Subtaxa: Cichlidae Pholidichthyidae Priscacaridae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (5 collections), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (7), Tanzania (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Uganda (2)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (4), Tanzania (2), Uganda (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (8)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Italy (2), Kenya (6), Peru (5), Uganda (2)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1), Oman (1), Peru (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Libya (1), Namibia (1), United States (2: Washington, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)
Total: 69 collections including 71 occurrences