Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Alternative spelling: Sirembini
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
See also Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Gadophycis Sirembinorum Sirembo
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Taiwan (2 collections)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence