Family Menidae Gill 1885 (moonfish)
Parent taxon: Carangimorphariae according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Carangiformes, Centropomidae, Istiophoriformes, Pleuronectiformes, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Toxotidae
Subtaxa: Mene
Type: Mene
Ecology: nektonic omnivore