†family Pateropercidae Gaudant 1978 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Pateropercidae
Parent taxon: Acanthomorphata according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Aipichthyoidea, Asineopidae, Bajaichthyidae, Ctenothrissiformes, Dalgoichthys, Euacanthomorphacea, Lampridacea, Oncolepis, Paracanthomorphacea, Pattersonichthyidae, Polymixiacea, Pseudotetrapterus, Spinocaudichthys, Xiphopterus
Subtaxa: Pateroperca
Type: Pateroperca
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (AUB collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)