Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
         Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
           Eugnathostomata
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                   [crown] Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                       Subdivision Teleostei Müller, 1845 - teleosts see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                         Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                           Osteoglossocephala Arratia, 2010
                             Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                               Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                 Zoroteleostei - zoroteleosts
                                   Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                     Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                       Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                         Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                           Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                             Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                               Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                 Order Trachiniformes Jordan & Evermann, 1896 see Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                                                   1 Family Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - swallowers
                                                   2 Family Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902 - gapers
                                                   3.1 Family Pinguipedidae Günther, 1860 - sandperches
                                                   3.2? Family Cheimarrhichthyidae orth. inval. - New Zealand torrentfishes see Family Cheimarrichthyidae Regan, 1913
                                                   4.1 Family Trichonotidae Günther, 1861 - sand divers
                                                   4.2 Family Creediidae Waite, 1899 - sand burrowers
                                                   4.3 Family Percophidae Swainson, 1839 - Brazilian flatheads
                                                   5 Family Leptoscopidae Gill, 1859 - southern sandfishes
                                                   6 Family Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835 - sand lances
                                                   7 Family Trachinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - weeverfishes
                                                   8 Family Uranoscopidae Bonaparte, 1831 - stargazers