Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Tetraodontiformes - (Family) Balistidae

Original position

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 404. [assumed]

Original entries

Balistes aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes papillosus Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes ringens Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes scolopax Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes tomentosus Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes verrucosus Linnaeus, 1758
Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Balistidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 454; ECoF(9 Sep 2025).

Alternative positions

Balistinae (Subfamily)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 943.
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 327. [new taxon]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 404. [new position]

Historical positions

Balistidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 454.
Balistidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 374.
Balistinae (Subfamily)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 943.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 687. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 404. [new position]
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 327.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[7s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[7s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8s]