Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Centrarchiformes

Current position

Terapontoidei (Suborder)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 84; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 437.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 36.

Historical positions

Terapontoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 84.
Terapontoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 30.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 437.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 36.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 384-385.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2482.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 610).
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 924.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 4 Sep 2025	[1g;7s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 36	1g;7s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 385	[1g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 924	1g;4?s