Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                             Superorder Protacanthopterygii Greenwood et al., 1966 see Infracohort Protacanthopterygii Greenwood et al., 1966
                               Order Esociformes Bleeker, 1859 - pikes and mudminnows see Suborder Esocoidei Regan, 1909
                                 Family Esocidae Rafinesque, 1815 - pikes
                                   Genus Esox Linnaeus, 1758
                                     .1 †Esox tiemani Wilson, 1980
                                     .2 Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 - American pike
                                     .3 Esox reicherti Dybowski, 1869 see Esox reichertii Dybowski, 1869
                                     .4 Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824 - muskellunge
                                     .5 Esox niger Le Sueur, 1818 - chain pickerel
                                     .6 Esox americanus Gmelin, 1788
                                     1 Subgenus Esox Linnaeus, 1758
                                     2 Subgenus Kenoza Grande, 1999