Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
               Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
                 Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                   Superorder Teleostei Bonaparte, 1836
                     Order Salmoniformes Rafinesque, 1810 - trouts
                       Suborder Stomiatoidei
                         1 Family Melanostomiatidae see Subfamily Melanostomiinae
                         2 Family Stomiatidae Rosen, 1973, orth. inval. see Family Stomiidae Rosen, 1973
                         3 Family Idiacanthidae see Subfamily Idiacanthinae
                         4 Family Astronesthidae see Subfamily Astronesthinae
                         5 Family Malacosteidae see Subfamily Malacosteinae
                         6 Family Gonostomatidae - bristlemouths
                         7 Family Sternoptychidae Rafinesque, 1815
                         8 Family Chauliodontidae see Subfamily Chauliodontinae