Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Sillaginidarum Sillaginodes Sillago
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Australia (7), France (1), New Zealand (10)
• Oligocene of Australia (5), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), India (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences