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Monotypic taxon: Family Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - barracudas (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Centropomoidei (Suborder) Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (4 Feb 2025); ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Carangaria (Series) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 77.
Istiophoriformes (Order) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 388.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 373.
Scombriformes (Order) Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 167.
Scombroidei (Suborder) Günther, 1880 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 430.
Sphyraenidei (Suborder) Carroll, 1988, nom. null. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 610.
Sphyraenoidei (Suborder) Bannikov, 2014 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 37.

Historical positions

Carangaria (Series) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 77.
Carangaria (Series) Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 24.
Istiophoriformes (Order) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 388.
Sphyraenoidei (Suborder) Bannikov, 2014 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Sphyraenoidei (Suborder) Bannikov, 2014 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 37.
Scombriformes (Order) Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 167.
Scombroidei (Suborder) Günther, 1880 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 430-431.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 373.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: 1998
Sphyraenoidei (Suborder) Bannikov, 2014 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2490.
Sphyraenidei (Suborder) Carroll, 1988, nom. null. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 610.
Sphyraenoidei (Suborder) Bannikov, 2014 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 927.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1g;25s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jul 2025 [1g;25s]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 37 1g;29s
2006 J.S. Nelson: 431 [1g]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche: 927 1g;18s
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025