living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Gasterosteiformes Gill, 1872 - sticklebacks
                   Suborder Gasterosteioidei nom. imperf., nom. null. see Suborder Gasterosteoidei
                     Family Gasterosteidae Günther, 1859 - sticklebacks
                       1 Genus Apeltes De Kay, 1842
                       2 Genus Spinachia Cuvier, 1817
                       3 Genus Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758 - stickleback
                       4 Genus Culaea Whitley, 1950
                       5 Genus Pungitius Annone, 1760