Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 73; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
Stephanoberyciformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 149.
Stephanoberycoidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1884	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 295.
Stephanoberycoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 900.

Historical positions

Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 73.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 21.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 313-314.
Stephanoberyciformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Stephanoberyciformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32.
Stephanoberyciformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 149.
Stephanoberycoidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1884	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 295.
Stephanoberyciformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 367.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: 1998
Stephanoberyciformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2471.
Stephanoberycoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 900-901.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5g;36s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jun 2025	[5g;36s;2ss]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 32	5g;57s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 295	[5g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 901	5g;32s