Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 414. [assumed]

Original entries

Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758
Cyclopterus nudus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cyclopterinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831

Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2475; ECoF(15 Aug 2025).

Alternative positions

Cyclopteridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 339.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 414. [new position]
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 260. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Cyclopteridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 339.
Cyclopteridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Cyclopteridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 910. [rough position]
Acanthopteri (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 414. [new position]
Thoracici (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 242, 260. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[1s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]