Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
     Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
         Clupeocephala
           Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
             Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
               Infracohort Stomiatia Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                 Order Stomiatiformes Rosen, 1973, orth. inval.
                   1 Family Diplophidae
                   2 Family Gonostomatidae - bristlemouths
                   3 Family Sternoptychidae Rafinesque, 1815
                   4 Family "Photichthyidae" see Family Phosichthyidae
                   4.n Family Stomiatidae Rosen, 1973, orth. inval. see Family Stomiidae Rosen, 1973