Family Denticidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Denticidae
Parent taxon: Kurtiformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acanthoclinidae, Aphareidae, Apogonoidei, Diploprionidae, Elassomidae, Etheostomidae, Girellidae, Glaucosomidae, Henicichthyidae, Histiopteridae, Hoplopagridae, Inermiidae, Kurtoidei, Labracoglossidae, Neoletherinidae, Niphonidae, Oligoridae, Otholithidae, Pomadasidae, Pseudoplesiopidae, Rhegmatidae, Theraponidae, Verilidae, Xenichthyidae
Subtaxa: Kreyenhagenius
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence