Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Cepola (Genus) Linnaeus, 1764

Current position

Acanthuriformes (Order) Jordan, 1923

Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (14 Mar 2025); ECoF(14 Mar 2025); [van der Laan, 2018: 82].

Alternative positions

Cepoloidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 461.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 371.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 36.
Priacanthiformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.

Historical positions

Priacanthiformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.
Priacanthiformes (Order)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 28.
Cepoloidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 461.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 36.
Cepoloidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 387.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 371.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2482.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 610.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 926.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;19s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Sep 2025	[3g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 36	5g;22s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 387	[4g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 926	2g;6-7s