Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Pisces
       Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
         Order Gonorynchiformes Regan, 1909 - milkfishes
           Family Chanidae - milkfishes
           Family †Charitosomidae Gayet, 1993 see Family Gonorynchidae
           Family Gonorynchidae
           Family †Judeichthyidae Gayet, 1985 see Family Gonorynchidae
           Family Kneriidae
           Family Phractolaemidae