Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Pisces
       Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
         Order Myctophiformes Regan, 1911 - lanternfishes
           Family Myctophidae Gill, 1893 - lanternfishes
           Family Neoscopelidae - blackchins
           Family †Sardinioididae Goody, 1969