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, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Sciaenidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (3), Canada (1: Quebec), United States (16: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1), Czechia (2), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), Malta (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (18: California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), United States (4: Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Nigeria (2), United States (13: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Italy (10)
Total: 91 collections including 116 occurrences