Order Priacanthiformes Bleeker 1871 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Priacanthiformes

Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes

Subtaxa: Cepolidae Priacanthidae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Quaternary of Greece (6), Italy (3)

• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (3), France (4), Gabon (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (5), Taiwan (1)

• Neogene of Indonesia (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), France (5), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Louisiana)

Total: 56 collections including 70 occurrences

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