Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Lutjanidae
Alternative spelling: Lutianidae
Parent taxon: Perciformes according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthonotus, Alepes, Ammodytoidei, Amphiperca, Anarhichas, Anarrhichthys, Aphia, Apogonoides, Apolectus, Aramichthys, Arripidae, Avitolabrax, Bairdiella, Banjosidae, Bathyclupeidae, Bembropoidei, Bilinia, Blabe, Branchiostegidae, Brotulidae, Burtinia, Callyodon, Chaeturichthys, Chandidae, Cockerellites, Congiopodoidei, Coryphopterus, Cottioidei, Cottoidei, Cottopsis, Ctenodentex, Ctenosciaena, Dapaloides, Diaphyodus, Eocottidae, Eoluvarus, Eoserranus, Epinnula, Grammatorycnus, Haemulidae, Haliophis, Hypacanthus, Hyperprosopon, Icosteoidei, Isacia, Labroidea, Labroidei, Landanichthys, Latellopsis, Latidae, Lithognathus, Lonchistium, Lycodopsis, Lyconectes, Maccullochella, Matarchia, Menticirrhus, Mugiloidei, Nebris, Normanichthyoidei, Notothenioidei, Odonteobolca, Palaeoperca, Paraplatax, Parapygaeus, Pararhenanoperca, Pasaichthys, Pennahia, Pentacerotidae, Pentaprion, Percalates, Perciliidae, Percoidei, Percoideorum, Percophidae, Phanerodon, Phosphichthys, Plagioholocentrus, Platycephalidae, Platylates, Priacanthopsis, Propercarinidae, Propygidium, Psenes, Pseudoscarus, Quasicichla, Quasinectes, Rexea, Rhenanoperca, Robertanniidae, Saldenioichthys, Scomberoides, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombrosphyraena, Scorpaenoidei, Selar, Serranoidei, Sparidae, Sphyraenoidei, Sphyraenops, Stromateoidei, Synagrops, Tetrapterus, Thalasseloetridae, Thyrsitocephalus, Trachinoidei, Trichiuroidei, Trispinachidae, Tungtingichthys, Wangia, Xiphioidei, Zoarcoidei
Subtaxa: Apsilinae Etelinae Etelinus Goujetia Lessinia Lutjaninae Ottaviania Veranichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (2 collections), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (2: Louisiana, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), United States (2: California, Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (1), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Alabama, Louisiana)
Total: 25 collections including 36 occurrences