Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Cottoidea (Superfamily)

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161.

Alternative positions

Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34.
Cyclopteroidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1889	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 338.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.

Historical positions

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)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161.
Cyclopteroidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1889	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 338-339.
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: 2475.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 910.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;24s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[31g;357s;6ss]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 34	6g;27s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 910	3sf;21?g;142s