Family Fistulariidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Fistulariidae
Parent taxon: Syngnathoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Arambourg 1925, Danil'chenko 1960, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Pietsch 1978
Sister taxa: Centriscoidea, Macroramphosa, Macrorhamphosa, Pegasoidea, Syngnatha, Syngnathidae, Syngnathoidea
Subtaxa: Fistularia
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence