Suborder Blennioidei Agassiz 1835 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Blenniiformes

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (4me livraison) 33-52

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

Sister taxa: Anarrhichthyidae, Atopoclinidae, Cebidichthyidae, Emblemariidae, Gobiesocoidei, Lumpenidae, Notograptidae, Ophioclinidae, Peronedyidae, Runulidae, Xenocephalidae, Xiphisternidae

Subtaxa: Blenniidae Chaenopsidae Clinidae Dactyloscopidae Labrisomidae Tripterygiidae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Quaternary of Greece (1), Italy (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), France (3), Greece (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (4)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Namibia (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 28 collections including 36 occurrences

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