Family Malacanthidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorpha - Malacanthidae

Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Terapontidae, Uranoscopiformes

Subtaxa: Branchisteginae Lopholatilus Malacanthus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), United States (8: Maryland, Virginia)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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