Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Exelliidae
Synonym: Semiophoridae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Exellia
Type: Exellia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence