†suborder Cirrhitioidei (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes
Alternative spelling: Cirrhitoidei
Parent taxon: Centrarchiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Centrarchoidei, Percichthyoidei, Percolatoidei, Terapontoidei
Subtaxa: Aplodactylidae Cheilodactylidae Chironemidae Cirrhitidae Latridae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (2 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences