Family Caristiidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 266116
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Absalomichthys, Chalcidichthys
Ecology: nektonic omnivore