Seriola zonata (Valenciennes 1833; commonly 50cm, up to 75cm) is the extant banded rudderfish. Large individuals (over 10 inches) have no abdominal bands,  but a raccoon-stripe on the eye and an iridescent gold stripe on the side are present. Striped juveniles are usually called pilotfish.

Here a circumorbital ring was added to the Gregory 1933 illustration, as in Pomatomus, which has a circumorbital ring in the photo, but not in the Gregory 1933 illustration. The two share a long list of traits.

Pomatomus saltatrix (Linneaus 1766; up to 60cm) is the extant bluefish and basal to flatfish in the LRT. Note the lack of circumorbital bones in the Gregory 1933 drawing/ That ring is preserved in the skull photo. This fast-swimming, aggressive, marine pelagic fish is cosmopolitan in distribution. The first dorsal fin spines can be folded iinto a groove. Compare to the basal flatfish, Hetronectes (below).

Nematistius pectoralis (Gill 1862 - below) is the extant roosterfish. Lacking skull data it has not been tested yet in the LRT, but appears to be similar to the banded rudderfish, above.