Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Characiphysae (Superorder) (Fink & Fink, 1981)

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126.

Alternative positions

Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 28.
Characiphysi ([unranked]) Fink & Fink, 1981	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 148.
Ostariophysi (Division) Jordan & Evermann, 1896	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Ostariophysi (Superorder) Jordan & Evermann, 1896	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.

Historical positions

Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 28.
Characiphysae (Superorder) (Fink & Fink, 1981)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 138.
Characiphysi ([unranked]) Fink & Fink, 1981	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 148-149; 138.
Ostariophysi (Division) Jordan & Evermann, 1896	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2458.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Ostariophysi (Superorder) Jordan & Evermann, 1896	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18f;267g;2080s;6ss; †2f;5g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[16f;280g;1839s;6ss]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer: 24 Jan 2006	[14f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 28	19f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 138	2so;~18f
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	12f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 605	[16f]