Parent taxon: Atheriniformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Atherinopsoidei, Chirostoma, Colpichthys, Menidia, Notocheiridae, Palaeoatherina, Pranesus, Stenatherina
Subtaxa: Atherinidae Atherionidae Bedotiidae Dentatherinidae Isonidae Melanotaeniidae Phallostethidae Pseudomugilidae Telmatherinidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (10), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 46 collections including 51 occurrences