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