Family Blochiidae (perch-like fish)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Blochiidae
Parent taxon: Xiphioidei according to R. A. Otero 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Casier 1966, Fierstine 2006, Jordan 1963, Monsch and Bannikov 2011, Schultz 1987, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Udovichenko and Nessov 1987 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acestrus Blochius Congorhynchus Loancorhynchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Chile (1 collection), Italy (1), Uzbekistan (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences