Family Echeneidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 266142
Parent taxon: Carangiformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Carangidae, Coryphaenidae, Nematistiidae, Rachycentridae
Subtaxa: Echeneis
Ecology: nektonic omnivore