Notothenia coriiceps (Richardson 1844; 50cm) is the extant Antarctic yellowbelly rockcod. It lacks a swim bladder and the bones are dense, accounting for its reduced buoyancy. The body is adapted to sub freezing temperatures. Here it nests with the Neoclinus, not with traditional perch.

Malacanthus brevirostris (Guichenot 1848; 30cm) is the extant quakerfish, a type of tilefish. A sharp spine grows from the operculum of this reef dweller. A traditional perciform, here Malacanthus nests between Scorpis and Coryphaena + Scomberoides and kin. The parietal is fused to the frontal in these related taxa. They are typically living in pairs in sand burrows they have excavated. They feed on small fishes and invertebrates.

Scomberoides tolooparah (Lacepede 1801; up to 60cm) is the extant barred queenfish, here nesting basl to the mahi-mahi, Coryphaena. clade (below) on one branch and spadefish, like Chaetodipterus, on the other branch.

Coryphaena hippurus (Linneaus 1758; 1.5m length) is the extant open seas predator mahi-mahi or dolphinfish, here basal to the similar discoidal Exellia. The dorsal fin starts at the skull. The caudal fin is deeply forked. The teeth are needle-like. Males have a tall fleshy forehead supported by a bony crest. A smaller-crested female is also shown above.

Exellia velifer (originally Kurtus velifer, then Semiophorus velifer Volta 1796, Agassiz 1842, Paleocene) is a short-bodied extinct mahi-mahi (Coryphaena) with a very large dorsal fin over the skull (each is uniquely shaped) and a very large set of knife-like pectoral fins, distinct from spadefish.

Brama brama (Bonnaterre 1788, 40–100cm) is the extant Atlantic pomfret, a shorter relative of the mahi-mah (Coryphaena)i. More data is needed, but Brama appears to be basal to fanfish, like Pteraclis (see below). Note the contact between the premaxilla and frontal, reducing the nasals to interior bones.