Actinopteri - Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
Parent taxon: Percoidea according to E. Casier 1966
See also Danil'chenko 1960
Sister taxa: Apolectidae, Blotichthys, Bradyurus, Cepolidae, Chilodipteridae, Dules, Enoplosus, Ephippididae, Frigoichthys, Frippia, Gillidia, Ioscionidae, Jimtylerius, Maenidae, Malacopygaeus, Montepostalia, Oliganodon, Parapelates, Pavarottia, Pelates, Perca, Percidae, Percoidae, Platacidae, Portentosoceros, Pseudopriacanthidae, Pygaeus, Sparoidea, Squamibolcoides, Symphysanodontidae, Veronabrax, Voltamulloides
Subtaxa: Brachydeuterus Caesio Pomadasyidarum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (3 collections), Italy (2), New Zealand (15)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (9)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (6)
• Eocene of France (1), New Zealand (5)
Total: 41 collections including 45 occurrences