Family Sciaenidae Cuvier 1828

Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - 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, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Epigonidae, Howellidae, Lateolabracidae, Polyprionidae

Subtaxa: Pseudoeleginus

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), France (1), Portugal (1), United States (19: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (4: California, Florida, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Neogene of Indonesia (3)

• 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)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (14: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Eocene of India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (24: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana)

• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (17: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 145 collections including 218 occurrences

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