Family Howellidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Howellidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Epigonidae, Lateolabracidae, Polyprionidae, Sciaenidae
Subtaxa: Howella
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences