Clade Percophidiformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Jugulares according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ammodytiformes, Bathymasteriformes, Brotuliformes, Carapiformes, Haplodoci, Nototheniiformes, Zoarciformes
Subtaxa: Hemerocoetidae Limnichthyidae Muglioididae Parapercidae Percophididae Pteropsaridae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of New Zealand (4)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of New Zealand (21)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (5)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (8)
• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (11), United States (4: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 59 collections including 92 occurrences