Family Howellidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorpha - Howellidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Terapontidae, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Howella
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences