Actinopteri - Acanthomorpha - Sciaenidae
Alternative spelling: Sciaenoidei
Synonym: Scienoides
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Terapontidae, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Pseudoeleginus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), France (1), United States (8: California, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (4: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Belgium (1), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Czechia (2), France (2), Germany (5), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), Panama (8), Peru (1), United States (5: California, Nebraska), Venezuela (2)
• Neogene of Indonesia (3)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (14: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (15: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 121 collections including 194 occurrences