Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 [paraphyletic] - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
         Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
           Infraclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
             Division Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
               Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                 Superorder Scopelomorpha see Subsection Myctophata Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                   Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
                     Suborder Alepisauroidei
                       1 Family Paralepidae Bonaparte, 1835 see Family Paralepididae
                       2 Family Synodontidae Gill, 1861 - lizard fishes
                       3 Family Giganturidae - telescopefishes
                       4 Family Paralepididae - barracudinas
                       5 Family Anotopteridae - daggertooths
                       6 Family Evermannellidae - sabertooth fishes
                       7 Family Omosudidae - omosudids
                       8 Family Alepidauridae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Alepisauridae
                       9 Family Pseudotrichonotidae