Family Cheilodactylidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Cirrhitiformes - Cheilodactylidae
Parent taxon: Cirrhitiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Cirrhitidae
Subtaxa: Nemadactylus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence