Full reference: C. Patterson. 1964. A review of Mesozoic acanthopterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English Chalk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 247(739):213-482
Parent taxon: Beryciformes according to C. Patterson 1964
Sister taxa: Africentrum, Anoplogastridae, Berycidae, Berycoidei, Berycomorus, Beryx dalmaticus, Beryx subovatus, Brazosiella, Cryptoberyx, Ctenoberyx, Diretmidae, Holocentrites, Holocentroidea, Holocentroidei, Inocentrus, Kryptophanaron, Melamphaidae, Monocentridae, Omosoma, Pattersonoberyx, Plectrypops, Plesioberyx, Polymixioidei, Poromitra, Pseudholocentrum, Pseudomonocentrididae, Sargocentron, Scianenuropsis, Stephanoberycoidei, Trachichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Dinopterygidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)