Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Caucasichthyidae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov, G. Carnevale, and N. V. Parin. 2011. The New Family Caucasichthyidae (Pisces, Perciformes) from the Eocene of the North Caucasus. Paleontological Journal 45(1):83-89
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Caucasichthys
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gorny Luch, left bank of Pshekha River (Eocene of Russian Federation)