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Taxon: Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 - surgeonfishes and relatives (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Eupercaria
                                                                                               Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 - surgeonfishes and relatives
                                                                                                 0 [Suborder Acanthuroidei] see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                                                                                 01 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
                                                                                                 02 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
                                                                                                 03.1 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
                                                                                                 03.2.1 Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 [monotypic] - sicklefishes
                                                                                                 03.2.2 Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 - spadefishes and batfishes
                                                                                                 04 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                                                                                                 04.0 [Suborder Sciaenoidei Cuvier, 1828]
                                                                                                 05 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
                                                                                                 06 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
                                                                                                 07 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
                                                                                                 08 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [monotypic] - moonies
                                                                                                 09 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
                                                                                                 10 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
                                                                                                 11.1 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
                                                                                                 11.2 Family Latilidae Gill, 1862 - deepwater tilefishes
                                                                                                 12.1 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
                                                                                                 12.2.1 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
                                                                                                 12.2.2 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
                                                                                                 13.1 Family †Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991
                                                                                                 13.2 Family †Sorbinipercidae Tyler, 1998 [paraphyletic]
                                                                                                 13.2.n Family †Zorzinichthyidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2002 [monotypic]
                                                                                                 13.3 Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 - luvars
                                                                                                 13.4 Family †Kushlukiidae Daniltshenko, 1968 [monotypic]
                                                                                                 13.5 Family †Caprovesposidae Bannikov & Fedotov, 1984
                                                                                                 13.6 Family †Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
                                                                                                 13.7.1 Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 [monotypic] - Moorish idols
                                                                                                 13.7.2 Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes
                                                                                                 14 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
                                                                                                 15.1 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
                                                                                                 15.2 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
                                                                                                 15.3 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
                                                                                                 16 Family Siganidae Richardson, 1837 - rabbitfishes
                                                                                                 17 Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 - scats
                                                                                                 18.1 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes
                                                                                                 18.2 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
                                                                                                 19.1 Family Caproidae Bonaparte, 1835 [monotypic] - boarfishes
                                                                                                 19.2 Family Antigoniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [monotypic] - deepwater boarfishes

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