Family Polyprionidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Polyprionidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Epigonidae, Howellidae, Lateolabracidae, Sciaenidae
Subtaxa: Stereolepis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Neogene of Taiwan (1)
• Miocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence