Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Chaetodontidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale 2006, Danil'chenko 1980, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Acanthocaetodon Centropyge Chaetodon Chaetodon penniger Chelmo Chelmon Holocentroides Pomacanthus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Algeria (5), Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Poland (2)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences