TABLE 1. Temporal distribution of Neogene bony fishes from Chile. E-Miocene: Early Miocene, M-Miocene: Middle Miocene, L-Miocene: Llate Miocene. Extinct taxa are represented by a †; 1: Schwarzhans and Nielsen, 2021; 2: Oyanadel-Urbina et al., 2021; 3: Carrillo-Briceño, 2011; 4: Long, 1993; 5: Nolf, 2002; 6: Palacios, 2019; 7: Perez, 2017; 8: Suárez et al., 2003. More detailed information on the spatial and temporal distribution of each taxon is available in Appendix 1.
| Fossil taxa | E-Miocene | M-Miocene | L-Miocene | Pliocene | Reference |
| Achirus australis† | X | 1 | |||
| Achirus chungkuz† | X | 1 | |||
| Agonopsis cume† | X | 1 | |||
| Anisotremus sp. | X | 2 | |||
| Argentina sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Bathygadus sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Bregmaceros prosoponus† | X | 1 | |||
| Capromimus undulatus† | X | 1 | |||
| Carapus sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Centrolophidae indet. | X | 1 | |||
| Ceratoscopelus sp. | X | 1 | |||
| cf. Aplodactylus sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Bovichtus sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Centropomus sp. | X | 6 | |||
| cf. Cheilodactylus sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Cilus sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Eleginops sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Girella sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Hippoglossina sp. | X | 3 | |||
| cf. Paralichthys sp. | X | 3 | |||
| Chiloconger chilensis† | X | 1 | |||
| Citharichthys parvisulcus† | X | 1 | |||
| Citharichthys vergens† | X | 1 | |||
| Citharichtys sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Coelorinchus fidelis† | X | 1 | |||
| Coelorinchus rapelanus† | X | 1 | |||
| Cottunculus primaevus† | X | 1 | |||
| Dactylagnus sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Diaphus audax† | X | 1 | |||
| Diaphus curvatus† | X | 1 | |||
| Diaphus excisus† | X | 1 | |||
| Diaphus marwicki† | X | 1 | |||
| Diogenichthys aguilerai† | X | 1 | |||
| Electrona subasperoides† | X | 1 | |||
| Genypterus sp. | X | X | 2, 3, 6 | ||
| Gnathophis quinzioi† | X | 1 | |||
| Gobiosoma sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Gymnosarda sp. | X | 2 | |||
| Hoplostethus sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Hygophum circularis† | X | 1 | |||
| Hypoplectrodes sp. | X | 7 | |||
| Istiophoridae indet. | X | 2 | |||
| Karrerichthys latisulcatus† | X | 1 | |||
| Karrerichthys tenuis† | X | 1 | |||
| Kuhlia orientalis† | X | 1 | |||
| Labridae indet. | X | X | 2, 6, 8 | ||
| Labrodon sp.† | X | 2 | |||
| Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides† | X | 1 | |||
| Lampanyctus ipunensis† | X | 1 | |||
| Lampanyctus popoto† | X | 1 | |||
| Lampanyctus profestus† | X | 1 | |||
| Lepidorhynchus frosti† | X | 1 | |||
| Lepophidium chonorum† | X | 1 | |||
| Lepophidium mapucheorum† | X | 1 | |||
| Makaira sp. | X | 2 | |||
| Margrethia glareosa† | X | 1 | |||
| Maurolicus brevirostris† | X | 1 | |||
| Merluccius sp. | X | 3, 6 | |||
| Navidadichthys mirus† | X | 1 | |||
| Nezumia epuge† | X | 1 | |||
| Ophidion sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Opisthopterus sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Paracarapus chilensis† | X | 1 | |||
| Physiculus pichi† | X | 1 | |||
| Platycephalidae indet. | X | 1 | |||
| Polyipnus bandeli† | X | 1 | |||
| Protomyctophum ahunga† | X | 1 | |||
| Pseudonus humilis† | X | 1 | |||
| Pterothrissus transpacificus† | X | 1 | |||
| Pythonichthys panulus† | X | 1 | |||
| Rachycentridae indet. | X | 6 | |||
| Rhynchoconger chiloensis† | X | 1 | |||
| Sarda sp. | X | 2 | |||
| Sardinops sagax | X | 2, 6 | |||
| Saurida sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Sciaenidae indet. | X | 2 | |||
| Scombriformes indet. | X | 2 | |||
| Scorpaenidae indet. | X | 1 | |||
| Semicossyphus sp. | X | 2 | |||
| Sirembola supersa† | X | 1 | |||
| Sparidae indet. | X | 6 | |||
| Spectrunculus sparsus† | X | 1 | |||
| Steindachneria goederti† | X | 1 | |||
| Steindachneria svennielseni† | X | 5 | |||
| Thunnus sp. | X | X | 4 | ||
| Trichiuridae indet. | X | 1 | |||
| Vinciguerria sp. | X | 1 | |||
| Xiphiidae indet. | X | 3 | |||
| Total | 62 | 1 | 17 | 11 |
TABLE 2. Biogeographic dynamic of fishes from Chile. Extant distribution of the species in Chile based on Pequeño (1989)1, Siefelg et al. (2003)2, Reyes and Hüne (2012)3, Hüne (2019, online supplement)4, Ojeda (2000)5. Regional: genera that disappeared or persisted from the Neogene to the recent; Local: genera that increased, decreased or maintained their southern end point of distribution in Chile. Numbers, degree of latitude.
| Genera | Fossil | Present | Extant species in Chile | Regional | Local |
| Achirus | -43 | -27 | A. klunzingeri 1, 2 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Agonopsis | -43 | -56 | A. chiloensis 3, 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Anisotremus | -27 | -32 | A. scapularis 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Aplodactylus | -33 | -41 | A. punctatus 3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Argentina | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Bathygadus | -45 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Bovichtus | -33 | -56 | B. chilensis 3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Bregmaceros | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Capromimus | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Caranx | -23 | -27 | C. lugubris, C. sexfasciatus, C. caballus, C. caninus 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Carapus | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Centropomus | -27 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Ceratoscopelus | -43 | -34 | C. townsendi, C. warmingii 4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Cheilodactylus | -33 | -41 | C. variegatus 3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Chiloconger | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Cilus | -33 | -56 | C. gilberti 3, 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Citharichtys | -45 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Coelorinchus | -43 | -56 | C. aconcagua, C. chilensis, C. cookianus, C. fasciatus, C. immaculatus, C. multifasciatus, C. nazcaensis, C. spinolotus 3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Cottunculus | -43 | -56 | C. granulosus 3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Dactylagnus | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Diaphus | -45 | -30 | D. adenomus, D. aliciae, D. anderseni, D. antonbruuni, D. brachydephalus, D. confusus, D. effulgens, D. fragilis, D. fulgens, D. garmani, D. hudsoni, D. jenseni, D. knappi, D. luetkeni, D. meadi, D. ostenfeldi, D. parini, D. parri, D. problematicus, D. richardsoni`, D. splendidus, D. suborbitalis, D. theta4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Diogenichthys | -45 | -33 | D. laternatus, D. atlanticus 4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Electrona | -34 | -56 | E. antarctica, E. paucirastra, E. subaspera, E. risso, E. carlsbergi3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Eleginops | -33 | -56 | E. maclovinus 3, 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Genypterus | -33 | -56 | G. blacodes, G. chilensis, G. maculatus 3, 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Girella | -33 | -40 | G. albostriata, G. feliciana, G. laevifrons, G. nebulosa4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Gnathophis | -34 | -33 | G. andriashevi, G. cinctus, G. parini, G. smithi4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Gobiosoma | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Gymnosarda | -27 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Hippoglossina | -33 | -56 | H. macrops, H. montemaris, H. mistacium 3, 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Hoplostethus | -38 | -41 | H. atlanticus, H. fragilis, H. mento 3, 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Hygophum | -37 | -33 | H. bruuni, H. hanseni, H. hygomii, H. proximum, H. reinhardtii4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Hypoplectrodes | -38 | -33 | H. semicinctum 4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Karrerichthys | -45 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Globally extinct |
| Kuhlia | -43 | -27 | K. nutabunda 4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Labrodon | -27 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Globally extinct |
| Lampanyctodes | -45 | -45 | L. hectoris 3, 4 | Persisted | Equally |
| Lampanyctus | -45 | -33 | L. australis, L. festivus, L.intricarius, L. iselinoides, L. macdonaldi, L. omostigma, L. parvicauda, L. pusillus, L. steinbecki, L. turneri4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Lepidorhynchus | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Lepophidium | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Makaira | -27 | -27 | M. nigricans 4 | Persisted | Equally |
| Margrethia | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Maurolicus | -34 | -55 | M. muelleri, M. parvipinnis, M. rudjakovi 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Merluccius | -33 | -56 | M. australis, M. gayi, M. hubbsi 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Navidadichthys | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Globally extinct |
| Nezumia | -34 | -38 | N. convergens, N. loricata, N. parini, N. propinqua, N. pudens, N. pulchella, N. stelgidolepis 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Ophidion | -34 | -34 | O. exul, O. metoecus 4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Opisthopterus | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Paracarapus | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Globally extinct |
| Paralichthys | -33 | -56 | P. adspersus, P. delfini, P. fernandezius, P. microps, P. patagonicus4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Physiculus | -34 | -26 | P. hexacytus, P. longicavis, P. luminosa, P. parini, P. sazonovi4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Polyipnus | -34 | -26 | P. inermis4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Protomyctophum | -43 | -56 | P. andriashevi, P. bolini, P. chilense, P. crockeri, P. mcginnisi, P. parallelum, P. subparallelum, P. tenisoni 4 | Persisted | Increased |
| Pseudonus | -45 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Pterothrissus | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Pythonichthys | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Rhynchoconger | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Sarda | -27 | -40 | S. chilensis 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Sardinops | -27 | -40 | S. sagax4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Saurida | -34 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Semicossyphus | -27 | -40 | S. darwini 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Sirembola | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Globally extinct |
| Spectrunculus | -34 | -24 | S. grandis4 | Persisted | Decreased |
| Steindachneria | -43 | - | Absent | Disappeared | Regionally extinct |
| Trachurus | -23 | -38 | T. murphyi 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Thunnus | -30 | -53 | T. alalunga, T. albacares, T. maccoyii, T. obesus, T. thynnus3, 4, 5 | Persisted | Increased |
| Vinciguerria | -42 | -34 | V. attenuata, V. lucetia, V. nimbaria, V. poweriae4 | Persisted | Decreased |
