Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Cottus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cottales (Infraorder)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86.

Alternative positions

Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 491.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.

Historical positions

Cottales (Infraorder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86.
Cottales (Infraorder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 32.
Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 491.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34.
Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161.
Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 334.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: 1998
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2474.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 909.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18g;80s;6ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Aug 2025	[18g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 34	63g;250s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 909	67g;[>]300s