Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Alternative spelling: Labroidei
Parent taxon: Labriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Bannikov and Bellwood 2015, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Casier 1966, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Dica 2002, Fierstine et al. 2012, Hanel et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Leidy 1873, Miller 1967, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Odacidae, Scaridae
Subtaxa: Bellwoodilabrus Bodianus Cheilini Crenilabrus Eocoris Hypsigenyini Julidini Labrichthyini Labrinae Labrini Labrobolcus Labrodon Labrus Malapterus Novaculini Nummopalatus Paralabrus Phyllopharyngodon Platylaemus Protautoga Pseudocheilini Pseudolabrini Pseudosphaerodon Pseudovomer Scarini Semicossyphus Symphodus Taurinichthys Trigonodontinae Wainwrightilabrus Zorzinilabrus
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of France (1), Italy (2), the Marshall Islands (2), Mexico (1), Spain (4), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Libya (1), South Africa (1), United States (3: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Australia (4), Austria (1), Chile (2), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Sri Lanka (2), Turkey (1), United States (12: California, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (1), New Zealand (1), United States (2: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Barbados (1), Belgium (1), Italy (2), Namibia (1), Nigeria (2), Romania (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (10)
Total: 97 collections including 142 occurrences