Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Epigonidae
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Epigonidarum Epigonus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of France (3), Italy (3), New Zealand (4)
• Oligocene of France (1), Georgia (1)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of France (4), New Zealand (5)
• Paleocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 28 collections including 33 occurrences