Family Synanceiidae (perch-like fish)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Synanceiidae
Alternative spellings: Synanceidae, Synancejidae, Synanciidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaenoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1946, Casier 1966 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenoideorum, Sebastidae, Setarchidae, Tetrarogidae
Subtaxa: Eosynanceja Synanceia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quenast (Eocene of Belgium)