Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Terapontidae, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Drepaneidae Drepanidae Ephippidae Scorpidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences