Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Craniata Linnaeus, 1758 see Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
     Pisces
       Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
         Order Scorpaeniformes Bloch, 1789 - mail-cheeked fishes
           Suborder Platycephaloidei
             1 Family Plectrogeniidae
             2 Family Parabembridae
             3 Family Bembridae - deepwater flatheads
             4 Family Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815 - searobins
             5 Family Peristediidae - armored searobins
             6 Family Hoplichthyidae - spiny flatheads
             7 Family Platycephalidae - flatheads