Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482
Parent taxon: Acanthomorpha according to A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson 2014
See also Otero and Gayet 1996
Sister taxa: Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Ferrifronsidae, Lampridacea, Omosomopsis, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Percomorpha, Polymixiacea, Polymixiiformes, Protriacanthus, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Aipichthyidae Aipichthyoididae Errachidia Freigichthys Homalopagus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Croatia (1 collection), Lebanon (9), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Palestinian Territory (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences