Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
     Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
           Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
             Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
               Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                         Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                           Euacanthopterygii
                             Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010 see Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                               Order Scombriformes - mackerels
                                 1 Family Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925 - longfin escolars
                                 2 Family Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - barracudas
                                 3 Family Gempylidae Gill, 1862 - snake mackerels
                                 4 Family Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810 - cutlassfishes
                                 5 Family Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 - mackerels, tunas and bonitos
                                 6 Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1815 - billfishes and marlins
                                 7 Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815 - swordfishes