Infraorder Hexagrammales (perch-like fish)
Parent taxon: Cottoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatales, Cottales, Cottoideorum, Gasterosteales, Zaniolepidales, Zoarcales
Subtaxa: Hexagrammidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence