Family Lactariidae (perch-like fish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Lactariidae

Parent taxon: Perciformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthonotus, Acanthuroidei, Alepes, Ammodytoidei, Amphiperca, Anarhichas, Anarrhichthys, Aphia, Aplodactylidae, Apogonoides, Apolectus, Aramichthys, Arripidae, Avitolabrax, Bairdiella, Banjosidae, Bathyclupeidae, Bembropidae, Bilinia, Blabe, Brama, Branchiostegidae, Brotulidae, Burtinia, Callyodon, Carangodidae, Caucasichthyidae, Chaeturichthys, Chandidae, Chironemidae, Cockerellites, Coryphopterus, Cottioidei, Cottopsis, Ctenodentex, Ctenosciaena, Dapaloides, Diaphyodus, Dichistiidae, Dinopercidae, Dipterichthys, Ductoridae, Eocottidae, Eoluvarus, Eoserranus, Eothyrsites, Epinnula, Exelliidae, Gempylus, Glaucosoma, Gobioidei, Grammatorycnus, Haliophis, Hapalogeniidae, Hypacanthus, Hyperprosopon, Icosteoidei, Isacia, Kyphosus, Labroidea, Labroidei, Landanichthys, Latellopsis, Latidae, Latridae, Lithognathus, Lonchistium, Lycodopsis, Lyconectes, Maccullochella, Matarchia, Menticirrhus, Mugiloidei, Nebris, Notothenioidei, Odonteobolca, Opisthomyzon, Ostracoberyx, Palaeoperca, Paraplatax, Parapygaeus, Pararhenanoperca, Pasaichthys, Pennahia, Pentacerotidae, Pentaprion, Percalates, Perciliidae, Percoidei, Percoideorum, Percophidae, Phanerodon, Phosphichthys, Pirskenius, Plagioholocentrus, Platycephalidae, Platylates, Priacanthopsis, Propercarinidae, Propygidium, Psenes, Pseudoscarus, Quasicichla, Quasimullidae, Quasinectes, Repropcidae, Rexea, Rhenanoperca, Robertanniidae, Scomberoides, Scombrolabracoidei, Scombropidae, Scombrops, Scombrosphyraena, Scorpaenoidei, Selar, Serranoidei, Sparidae, Sphyraenoidei, Sphyraenops, Stromateoidei, Stromateus, Synagrops, Tetrapterus, Thalasseloetridae, Thyrsitocephalus, Trachinoidei, Trichiuroidei, Tungtingichthys, Wangia, Xiphioidei, Zoarces, Zoarcoidei

Subtaxa: Lactariinae Lactarius

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (1)

• Miocene of Australia (3), New Zealand (28), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (12)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (6)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Australia (7), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Louisiana, Texas)

Total: 73 collections including 85 occurrences

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