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Monotypic taxon: Genus Raniceps Oken, 1817 (fish)
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Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                             Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                 Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                   Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                         Superorder Paracanthopterygii Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966 [polyphyletic?] see Division Paracanthopterygii Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966
                                           anacanthines [monophyletic?] - anacanthines see Order Gadiformes Goodrich, 1909
                                             Order Gadiformes Goodrich, 1909, sedis mutabilis - cods and hakes
                                               Family Gadidae Rafinesque, 1810 - cods and haddocks
                                                 Subfamily Ranicipitinae [monotypic] see Family Ranicipitidae Bonaparte, 1835
                                                   Genus Raniceps Oken, 1817 [monotypic]
                                                     1 Raniceps raninus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - lesser forkbeard

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