Order Cirrhitiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Chaetodontidae, Epigonidae, Howellidae, Lateolabracidae, Polyprionidae, Sciaenidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cirrhitiformes in the database