Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Siganidae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Danil'chenko 1980 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Acanthopygaeus Aspesiganus Eosiganus Protosiganus Ruffoichthys Siganopygaeus Siganus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (3 collections)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 7 collections including 10 occurrences