[Phylum] Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Craniata auct.
     Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
       Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
         Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
           Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
             Infraclass Actinopteri Cope, 1871 see Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
               Superdivision Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                 Superdivision Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                   Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                       Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                         Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                           Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                             Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                               Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                 Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                   Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                     Series Eupercaria
                                       Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
                                         Suborder Ceratioidei - deepsea anglerfishes
                                           01 Family Caulophrynidae Goode & Bean, 1896 - fanfins
                                           02 Family Neoceratiidae Regan, 1926 - needlebeard seadevils
                                           03 Family Melanocetidae Gill, 1878 - black seadevils
                                           04 Family Himantolophidae Gill, 1861 - footballfishes
                                           05 Family Diceratiidae Regan & Trewavas, 1932 - doublespine seadevils
                                           06 Family Oneirodidae Gill, 1878 - dreamers
                                           07 Family Thaumatichthyidae Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 - wolftrap seadevils
                                           08 Family Centrophrynidae Bertelsen, 1951 - prickly seadevils
                                           09 Family Ceratiidae Gill, 1861 - seadevils
                                           10 Family Gigantactinidae Boulenger, 1904 - whipnose seadevils
                                           11 Family Linophrynidae Regan, 1925 - leftvent seadevils