Family Opistognathidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Opistognathidae
Parent taxon: Blenniimorphae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Blenniiformes, Gobiesociformes
Subtaxa: Lonchopisthus Opistognathus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Panama (4)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence