Subfamily Stelliferinae Sasaki 1989 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Lutjaniformes - Sciaenidae
Parent taxon: Sciaenidae according to P. Oyanadel-Urbina et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Aplodinotus, Argyrosomus, Carnevalella, Carnevalellinae, Caucasisciaena, Cilus, Ekokenia, Fisherichthys, Ioscion, Pogonias, Sciaena, Sciaenops
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Norte BahÃa Caldera 2 (Miocene of Chile)