Family Kyphosidae Jordan 1887 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Kyphosidae
Parent taxon: Terapontoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Dichistiidae, Girellidae, Kuhliidae, Microcanthidae, Oplegnathidae, Scorpididae, Terapontidae
Subtaxa: Kyphosus
Type: Kyphosus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Site 3, Bikrak Island (Quaternary of Marshall Islands)