Alternative spelling: Capriformes
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caucasichthyidae, 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: Antigoniidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), France (3), Italy (5), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (3), Germany (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (7), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence