Family Polycentridae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Polycentridae
Parent taxon: Ovalentariae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ambassidae, Atherinomorphae, Blenniimorphae, Cichlomorphae, Embiotocidae, Mugilomorphae, Plesiopidae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polycentridae in the database