Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013
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, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Glaucosomatidae Ostracoberycidae Pempheridae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence