Superfamily Sciaenoidea Gill 1872 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Pharyngognathi according to O. P. Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Coridae, Neolabridae, Siphonognathidae, Sparisomidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sciaenoidea in the database