| Current rank | : | Cottales (Infraorder) | |
Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31 ("sensu WL Smith and MS Busby"). |
| Current rank | : | Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831 | |
Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 488 ("equivalent to ... of Smith and Busby (2014)"). |
| Former rank | : | Cottiformes (Order) | |
Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86. [inferred] |
| Former unranked name | : | Cottimorpha ([unranked]) Li, Dettaï, Cruaud, Couloux, Desoutter-Meniger & Lecointre, 2009 | |
Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31 ("sensu Li, A Dettai, C Cruaud, A Couloux, M Desoutter-Meniger and G Lecointre"). |