Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
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 Eurypterygia (Rosen, 1973)
Section Aulopa Wiley & Johnson, 2010
Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
Genus Bathypterois Günther, 1878 - spiderfish