Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Parent taxon: Sciaenidae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Argyrosomus, Caucasisciaena, Ekokenia, Fisherichthys, Pogonias, Sciaena, Stelliferinae
Subtaxa: Sciaenops ocellata Sciaenops ocellatus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Carolina)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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