Stenotomus Gill 1865 (perch-like fish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae

Parent taxon: Sparidae according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018

See also Purdy et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Archosargus, Boops, Box, Calamus, Crenidens, Crommyodus, Dentex, Evynnis, Lagodon, Pagellinae, Pagrus, Paracalamus, Pshekharus, Rhythmias, Sparinae, Sparus

Subtaxa: Stenotomus chrysops

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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