Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Parent taxon: Sciaenoidei according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Bannikov et al. 2009, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Argyrosomus Caucasisciaena Ekokenia Fisherichthys Pogonias Sciaena Sciaenops Stelliferinae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (3 collections), United States (11: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Chile (1), the Czech Republic (2), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), Malta (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), United States (3: Louisiana, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Nigeria (2), United States (10: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Italy (10)
Total: 73 collections including 91 occurrences