[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 Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
         Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
           Genus Caristius Gill & Smith, 1905
             1 Caristius macropus (Bellotti, 1903) - bigmouth manefish
             2 Caristius maderensis Maul, 1949
             3 Caristius opalescens (Zugmayer, 1911) see Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer, 1911