Parent taxon: Beryciformes according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
Sister taxa: Africentrum, Anoplogastridae, Barbourisiidae, Berycidae, Berycoidei, Berycomorus, Berycopsis, Beryx dalmaticus, Beryx subovatus, Brazosiella, Cetomimidae, Cryptoberyx, Ctenoberyx, Dinopterygoidei, Diretmidae, Gibberichthyidae, Hispidoberycidae, Holocentrites, Holocentroidea, Inocentrus, Kryptophanaron, Melamphaidae, Monocentridae, Omosoma, Pattersonoberyx, Plectrypops, Plesioberyx, Polymixioidei, Poromitra, Pseudholocentrum, Pseudomonocentrididae, Quaesitoberycidae, Rondeletiidae, Sargocentron, Scianenuropsis, Stephanoberycidae, Trachichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Adriacentrus Alloberyx Caproberyx Ctenocephalichthys Erugocentrus Kansius Parospinus Stichoberyx Stichocentrus Trachichthyoides
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections), the United Kingdom (5), United States (3: Kansas)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence