Family Rachycentridae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Rachycentridae
Parent taxon: Carangiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Carangidae, Coryphaenidae, Echeneidae, Nematistiidae
Subtaxa: Rachycentron
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Chesapeake Ranch Estates (Miocene of Maryland)