Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Pisces
       Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
         Order Lophiiformes Rafinesque, 1810 - anglerfishes
           Family Antennariidae - frogfishes
           Family Brachionichthyidae Gill, 1878 - warty anglerfishes
           Family Caulophrynidae
           Family Centrophrynidae - dreamers
           Family Ceratiidae - seadevils
           Family Chaunacidae - sea toads
           Family Diceratiidae
           Family Gigantactinidae - whipnoses
           Family Himantolophidae - footballfishes
           Family Linophrynidae - net-devils
           Family Lophichthyidae
           Family Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goosefishes
           Family Melanocetidae
           Family Neoceratiidae
           Family Ogcocephalidae - batfishes
           Family Oneirodidae Gill, 1879 - dreamers
           Family Tetrabrachiidae
           Family Thaumatichthyidae