Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaeniformes according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018
See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactinidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Congiopodidae, Cottoidei, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eulophiidae, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Jordaniidae, Neoplatycephalus, Normanichthyidae, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Ptilichthyidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Trichodontidae, Zaniolepididae, Zaniolepis
Subtaxa: Acanthatrigla Aspitrigla Chelidonichthys Lepidotrigla Peristedion Prionotus Pterygotrigla Trigla Triglidarum Trigloides
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections), United States (9: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), France (5), Germany (2), Italy (3), New Zealand (2), Peru (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Germany (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 38 collections including 52 occurrences