Family Centrarchidae Cope 1868 (sunfish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 83690
Parent taxon: Centrarchiformes according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Elassomatidae
Subtaxa: Archoplites, Chaenobryttus, Lepomis, Micropterus, Pomoxis
Ecology: nektonic omnivore