Parent taxon: Perciformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Acanthonotus, Acanthuroidei, Alepes, Ammodytoidei, Amphiperca, Anarhichas, Anarrhichthys, Aphia, Aplodactylidae, Apogonoides, Apolectus, Aramichthys, Arripidae, Avitolabrax, Bairdiella, Banjosidae, Bathyclupeidae, Bembropidae, Bilinia, Blabe, Brama, Branchiostegidae, Brotulidae, Burtinia, Callyodon, Carangodidae, Caucasichthyidae, Chaeturichthys, Chandidae, Chironemidae, Cockerellites, Coryphopterus, Cottioidei, Cottopsis, Ctenodentex, Ctenosciaena, Dapaloides, Diaphyodus, Dichistiidae, Dinopercidae, Dipterichthys, Ductoridae, Eocottidae, Eoluvarus, Eoserranus, Eothyrsites, Epinnula, Exelliidae, Gempylus, Glaucosoma, Gobioidei, Grammatorycnus, Haliophis, Hapalogeniidae, Hypacanthus, Hyperprosopon, Icosteoidei, Isacia, Kyphosus, Labroidea, Labroidei, Lactariidae, Landanichthys, Latellopsis, Latidae, Latridae, Lithognathus, Lonchistium, Lycodopsis, Lyconectes, Maccullochella, Matarchia, Menticirrhus, Mugiloidei, Nebris, Notothenioidei, Odonteobolca, Opisthomyzon, Ostracoberyx, Palaeoperca, Paraplatax, Parapygaeus, Pararhenanoperca, Pasaichthys, Pennahia, Pentacerotidae, Pentaprion, Percalates, Perciliidae, Percoidei, Percoideorum, Percophidae, Phanerodon, Phosphichthys, Pirskenius, Plagioholocentrus, Platycephalidae, Platylates, Priacanthopsis, Propercarinidae, Propygidium, Psenes, Pseudoscarus, Quasicichla, Quasimullidae, Quasinectes, Repropcidae, Rexea, Rhenanoperca, Robertanniidae, Scomberoides, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombropidae, Scombrops, Scombrosphyraena, Scorpaenoidei, Selar, Sparidae, Sphyraenoidei, Sphyraenops, Stromateoidei, Stromateus, Synagrops, Tetrapterus, Thalasseloetridae, Thyrsitocephalus, Trachinoidei, Trichiuroidei, Tungtingichthys, Wangia, Xiphioidei, Zoarces, Zoarcoidei
Subtaxa: Serranidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), the Marshall Islands (3), Spain (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (5: California, Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Greece (2), Italy (4), Jamaica (1), United States (4: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (1), Chile (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: California), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (4), Germany (1), New Zealand (9), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (11: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 93 collections including 123 occurrences