Family Pomatomidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 83266
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Carangopsis, Lophar, Pomatomus, Pseudoseriola, Sullivanichthys
Ecology: nektonic omnivore