Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Mchenga (Genus) Stauffer & Konings, 2006

Current position

Cichliformes (Order)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 78; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Labriformes (Order)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 164.
Labroidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 36.
Percoidea (Suborder)
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 610.

Historical positions

Cichliformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 78.
Cichliformes (Order)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 25.
Labroidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Cichliformes (Order)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 342-345.
Labroidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 36.
Labriformes (Order)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 164.
Labroidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 390-392.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998
Labroidei (Suborder) Bertin & Arambourg, 1958	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2482.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 610.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 925.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687. [rough position]
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	258g;1464s;52ss;2v; ‡2ss; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 31 Jul 2025	[258g]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 11 Jan 2006	105g;1300s
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 36	221g;1606s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche	85g;>700s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~800s