Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker 1853 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Oplegnathidae
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, Kyphosidae, Microcanthidae, Scorpididae, Terapontidae
Subtaxa: Oplegnathus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences