Subfamily Apsilinae Johnson 1980 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes - Lutjanidae
Parent taxon: Lutjanidae according to G. R. Allen 1985
Sister taxa: Etelinae, Etelinus, Goujetia, Lessinia, Lutjaninae, Ottaviania, Veranichthys
Subtaxa: Apsilus
Type: Apsilus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation, L8i-L11iii (Eocene of the United Kingdom)