Natura - nature
  
 actualia - actual entities
    
 Mundus Plinius - physical world
      
 naturalia - natural bodies
        
 Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
          
 Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
            
 Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
              
 Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                
 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  
 Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                    
 Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                      
 Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                        
 Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                          
 Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                            
 Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                              
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                
 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                  
 Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                    
 Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                      
 Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                        
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                          
 Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                            
 Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                              
 Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                
 Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                  
 [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                    
 Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                      
 Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                        
 Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                          
 Clade Actinopterygiiᵀ Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                            
 Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                              
 Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                
 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                  
 Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                    
 Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                      
 Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                        
 Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                          
 Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                            
 Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                              
 Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                
 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                  
 Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                    
 Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                      
 Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                        
 Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                          
 Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                            
 Series Eupercaria
                                                                                              
 Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 - surgeonfishes and relatives
                                                                                                
 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
                                                                                                  
 Subfamily Leiognathinaeᵀ Gill, 1893
                                                                                                    
 Genus Leiognathusᵀ Lacepède, 1802
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus aureus Abe & Haneda, 1972
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes, 1835) - Berber ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) - orange ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus blochii (Valenciennes, 1835) - twoblotch ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus brevirostris (Valenciennes, 1835) - shortnose ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus daura (Cuvier, 1829) - goldstripe ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus decorus (De Vis, 1884) - Decorated ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) - yellowspot ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus elongatus Smith & Pope, 1906 - elongate slimy
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775) - greater ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède, 1803) - banded ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus hataii Abe & Haneda, 1972
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898)
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860) - whipfin ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1835) - ornate ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, 1835)
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus moretoniensis Ogilby, 1912
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus nuchalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus oblongus (Valenciennes, 1835)
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus pan Wongratana, 1988
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus panayensis Kimura & Dunlap, in Kimura et al., 2003
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus parviceps (Valenciennes, 1835)
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus rapsoni Munro, 1964
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) - Smithurst's ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus spilotus Fowler, 1904
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier, 1829) - blacktip ponyfish
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, 1907
                                                                                                      
 Leiognathus striatus James & Badrudeen, 1991