Family Agonidae (poachers)
Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Agonidae
Parent taxon: Cottales according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Casier 1966, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Cottidae, Cyclopteridae, Jordaniidae, Liparidae, Psychrolutidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae, Trichodontidae
Subtaxa: Agonopsis Agonus Occa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Chile (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence