Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Questionably Polyphyletic (poly)

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 232.

Current position

Holacanthopterygii ([unranked]) Johnson & Patterson, 1993

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 231.

Alternative positions

Acanthomorpha ([unranked]) Rosen, 1973	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Euteleostei (Division) Greenwood et al., 1967	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 684.
Euteleostei (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Teleostei ([unranked]) Müller, 1845

Historical positions

Holacanthopterygii ([unranked]) Johnson & Patterson, 1993	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 207, 231-233.
Acanthomorpha ([unranked]) Rosen, 1973	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392, box 7.6.
Euteleostei (Subdivision) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Euteleostei (Division) Greenwood et al., 1967	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 684.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[6o;38f;332g;1569s;15ss]
2005	M.J. Benton	[4o]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 607	[6o;29f; †1f]