Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Ostracioidea (Superfamily) (Tyler, 1980)

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 455.

Alternative positions

Balistoidei (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 169.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 38.

Historical positions

Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 38.
Balistoidei (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 169.
Ostracioidea (Superfamily) (Tyler, 1980)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 455.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 374.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: 1998
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2493.
Balistoidei (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 611.
Balistoidei (Suborder) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 943.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	12g;[38s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 38	8g;28s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 943	12g;24s