[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Pisces
     Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
         Family Notosudidae Parr, 1928 - paperbones
           Genus Scopelosaurus Bleeker, 1860
             1 Scopelosaurus argenteus (Maul, 1954)
             2 Scopelosaurus lepidus (Krefft & Maul, 1955)
             3 Scopelosaurus smithii Bean, 1925