Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
Alternative spelling: Lutianidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Apsilinae Etelinae Etelinus Goujetia Lessinia Lutjaninae Ottaviania Veranichthys
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (2 collections), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (2: Louisiana, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), United States (2: California, Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of France (1), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Alabama, Louisiana)
Total: 24 collections including 35 occurrences