Family Lutjanidae Gill 1861 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes - Lutjanidae

Alternative spelling: Lutianidae

Parent taxon: Acanthuriformes according to O. Aguilera et al. 2025

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthonemidae, Acanthuridae, Acanthuroidei, Luvaridae, Massalongiidae, Sciaenoidei, Zanclidae

Subtaxa: Apsilinae Etelinae Etelinus Goujetia Lessinia Lutjaninae Ottaviania Veranichthys

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

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 (4), United States (2: California, Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of France (1), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Alabama, Louisiana)

Total: 26 collections including 37 occurrences

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