Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Gasterosteioidei (Suborder) nom. imperf., nom. null.

Ref: H. Ida, 1976 [assumed]

Current position

Gasterosteoidei (Suborder)

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 154.

Alternative positions

Ammodytoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: H. Ida, 1976 [excluded]
Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Gasterosteioidei (Suborder) nom. imperf., nom. null.	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 904.

Historical positions

Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Gasterosteoidei (Suborder)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 154.
Gasterosteoidei (Suborder)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 308.
Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: 1998
Gasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2471.
Gasterosteioidei (Suborder) nom. imperf., nom. null.	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 904.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33	2g;2s
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 154	[1g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 904	1g;1s