Family Pinguipedidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parent taxon: Uranoscopiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Opisthognathidae, Owstoniidae, Uranoscopidae
Subtaxa: Parapercis
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), New Zealand (25)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (11)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (6)
• Eocene of New Zealand (5)
Total: 50 collections including 71 occurrences