Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill 1861 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
Parent taxon: Lutjanidae according to G. R. Allen 1985
See also Casier 1966
Sister taxa: Apsilinae, Etelinae, Etelinus, Goujetia, Lessinia, Ottaviania, Veranichthys
Subtaxa: Lutjanus Ocyurus Rhomboplites
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (2: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences