[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 Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
                                         Suborder Scorpaenoidei Klein, 1885
                                           01 Family Sebastidae Kaup, 1873 see Subfamily Sebastinae Kaup, 1873
                                           02 Family Setarchidae Matsubara, 1943 see Subfamily Setarchinae Matsubara, 1943
                                           03 Family Neosebastidae Matsubara, 1943 - gurnard scorpionfishes
                                           04 Family Plectrogeniidae Fowler, 1938 - stinger flatheads
                                           05 Family Scorpaenidae Risso, 1827 - scorpionfishes
                                           06 Family Apistidae Gill, 1859 see Subfamily Apistinae Gill, 1859
                                           07 Family Synanceiidae Swainson, 1839 - stonefishes
                                           08 Family Eschmeyeridae Mandrytsa, 2001 - cofishes see Subfamily Eschmeyerinae Mandrytsa, 2001
                                           09 Family Perryenidae Honma, Imamura & Kawai, 2013 see Subfamily Perryeninae Honma, Imamura & Kawai, 2013
                                           10 Family Aploactinidae Jordan & Starks, 1904 - velvetfishes see Subfamily Aploactininae Jordan & Starks, 1904
                                           11 Family Pataecidae Gill, 1872 - Australian prowfishes see Subfamily Pataecinae Gill, 1872
                                           12 Family Gnathanacanthidae Gill, 1892 - red velvetfishes see Subfamily Gnathanacanthinae Gill, 1892
                                           13 Family Bembridae Kaup, 1873 - deepwater flatheads
                                           14 Family Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815 - searobins
                                           15 Family Peristediidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - armored searobins see Subfamily Peristediinae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
                                           16 Family Hoplichthyidae Kaup, 1873 - spiny flatheads
                                           17 Family Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839 - flatheads