Family Sciaenidae Cuvier 1828 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae

Parent taxon: Sciaenoidei according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022

See also Bannikov et al. 2009, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Argyrosomus Caucasisciaena Ekokenia Fisherichthys Pogonias Sciaena Sciaenops Stelliferinae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (3), United States (11: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Chile (1), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), Malta (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), United States (3: Louisiana, South Carolina)

• Eocene of Nigeria (2), United States (10: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of Italy (10)

Total: 74 collections including 92 occurrences

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