Natura - nature
actualia - actual entities
Mundus Plinius - physical world
naturalia - natural bodies
[crown] 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
[crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
[crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
[crown] 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 Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Myopterygii - myopterygians
Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
[crown] Actinopteri Cope, 1871
Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
Clupeocephala
Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
Infracohort Stomiatia Wiley & Johnson, 2010 [monotypic]
Order "Stomiatiformes"ᵀ Rosen, 1973, orth. inval.
Suborder Phosichthyoideiᵀ
Family Stomiidae Rosen, 1973
Subfamily Melanostomiinae - scaleless black dragonfishes
Genus Melanostomiasᵀ Brauer, 1902
01 Melanostomias bartonbeani Parr, 1927
02 Melanostomias biseriatus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
03 Melanostomias globulifer Fowler, 1934
04 Melanostomias macrophotus Regan & Trewavas, 1930
05 Melanostomias margaritifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930
06 Melanostomias melanopogon Regan & Trewavas, 1930
07 Melanostomias melanops Brauer, 1902
08 Melanostomias niger Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
09 Melanostomias nigroaxialis Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
10 Melanostomias paucilaternatus Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
11 Melanostomias pauciradius Matsubara, 1938 - three-ray dragonfish
12 Melanostomias pollicifer Parin & Pokhil'skaya, 1978
13 Melanostomias stewarti Fowler, 1934
14 Melanostomias tentaculatus (Regan & Trewavas, 1930)
15 Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902 - Valdivia black dragonfish
16 Melanostomias vierecki Fowler, 1934