Parent taxon: Atherinomorphae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Domning and Clark 1993, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atherinea, Beloniformes, Cyprinodontea, Cyprinodontiformes
Subtaxa: Atherinidae Atherinopsidae Bedotiidae Chirostoma Colpichthys Dentatherinidae Isonidae Melanotaeniidae Menidia Mesogasteridae Notocheiridae Palaeoatherina Phallostethidae Pranesus Pseudomugilidae Rhamphognathidae Stenatherina Telmatherinidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Jamaica (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2), United States (2: California)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 47 collections including 57 occurrences