Suborder Mulloidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Syngnathiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aulorhamphidae, Aulostomidae, Aulostomoidea, Callionymoidei, Centriscidae, Dactylopteroidei, Fistularioididae, Macrorhamphosidae, Paraeoliscidae, Parasynarcualidae, Pegasidae, Rhamphosidae, Solenostomidae, Syngnathoidei, Urosphenidae
Subtaxa: Creediidae Mullidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences