Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Otomorpha (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 65; [Dornburg & Near, 2021: fig. 1].

Alternative positions

Euteleostei (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Euteleostei (Division) Greenwood et al., 1967	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
Ostarioclupeomorpha (Subdivision) Arratia, 1997	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 134.
Otocephala (Cohort) Johnson & Patterson, 1996	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 174.
Teleostei ([unranked]) Müller, 1845

Historical positions

Otomorpha (Subcohort) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 65.
Otocephala (Cohort) Johnson & Patterson, 1996	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 174-175, figs. (pp. 129, 161, 175).
Ostarioclupeomorpha (Subdivision) Arratia, 1997	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 134-135.
Euteleostei (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Euteleostei (Division) Greenwood et al., 1967	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5o;101f;1376g;8963s;137ss; ‡2g;17s;2ss; †9f;51g;47s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jun 2025	[5o;101f;1376g; †9f]
2018	R. van der Laan: 67	[5o;96f; †8f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 241	[5o;80f; †4f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 606	[4o;57f; †1f]