Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Clupei (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 134.

Current position

Clupei (Superorder) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 64.

Alternative positions

Actinopteri (Class) Cope, 1871	Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (4 Feb 2025); ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 28.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 862.
Clupei (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 15.
Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 164.
Clupeomorpha (Division) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Clupeomorpha (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 310.

Historical positions

Clupei (Superorder) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 64.
Clupei (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 15, fig. 1.
Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 164-165; 163.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 28.
Clupei (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 135. [new position]
Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 128.
Clupeomorpha (Division) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 310.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 361.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2454.
Clupeomorpha (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 862; 1114.
Clupeomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 682.
Teleostei (Superorder) Bonaparte, 1836	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10f;83g;370s;14ss; †1f;8g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 May 2025	[10f;83g; †1f]
2018	R. van der Laan: 64	[5f; †1f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 15	[5f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 172	[5f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[5f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 28	6f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 135	2so;[5f]
2000		12s
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	5f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 605	[3f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 862	2so;4f;[72g]
1973-1975	B. Grzimek	2so