Osteichthyes - Lutjaniformes - Sciaenidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Sciaenidae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Danil'chenko 1980, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984 and Szabo et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aplodinotus, Argyrosomus, Carnevalella, Carnevalellinae, Caucasisciaena, Cilus, Ekokenia, Fisherichthys, Ioscion, Pogonias, Sciaenops, Stelliferinae
Subtaxa: Sciaena amplus Sciaena bathytatos Sciaena holsatica Sciaena impropria Sciaena irregularis Sciaena kirchbergensis Sciaena knyrkoi Sciaena meridionalis Sciaena obtusus Sciaena pecchioli Sciaena pimenovae Sciaena pseudoradians Sciaena radians Sciaena simplex Sciaena umbra
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Czechia (1 collection), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Romania (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), United States (9: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Nigeria (2), United States (16: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 36 collections including 58 occurrences
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