Family Exocoetidae Risso 1827 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Beloniformes - Exocoetidae
Parent taxon: Belonoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Belonidae, Hemiramphidae, Zenarchopteridae
Subtaxa: Clupea evolans Halocypselus Rhamphexocoetinae Rhamphexocoetus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences