Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 [paraphyletic] - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
         Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
           Infraclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
             Division Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
               Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                 Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see [unranked] Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                   Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                     Order Perciformes Rafinesque, 1810 - perches
                       01 Suborder Percoidei Rafinesque, 1810
                       02 Suborder Mugiloidei [monotypic] see Order Mugiliformes Günther, 1880
                       03 Suborder Sphyraenidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. [monotypic] see Suborder Sphyraenoidei Bannikov, 2014
                       04 Suborder Polynemoidei [monotypic] see Suborder Percoidei Rafinesque, 1810
                       05 Suborder Labroidei Bertin & Arambourg, 1958 see Order Labriformes
                       06 Suborder Zoarcoidei
                       07 Suborder Trachinoidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Trachiniformes Rafinesque, 1810
                       08 Suborder Notothenoidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Suborder Notothenioidei
                       09 Suborder Blennioidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Blenniiformes Rafinesque, 1810
                       10 Suborder Icosteoidei [monotypic] see Order Icosteiformes Berg, 1937
                       11 Suborder Schindleroidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. [monotypic] see Suborder Schindlerioidei
                       12 Suborder Ammodytoidei Berg, 1940 [monotypic] see Suborder Trachinoidei Rafinesque, 1810
                       13 Suborder Callionymoidei Berg, 1940
                       14 Suborder Gobioidei Berg, 1940 see Order Gobiiformes Günther, 1880
                       15 Suborder Kuroidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. [monotypic] see Suborder Kurtoidei
                       16 Suborder Acanthuroidei see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                       17 Suborder Scombroidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Scombriformes Rafinesque, 1810
                       18 Suborder Stromateoidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Stromateiformes Rafinesque, 1810
                       19 Suborder Anabantoidei - labyrinth fishes
                       20 Suborder Luciocephaloidei [monotypic] see Suborder Anabantoidei
                       22 Suborder Mastacembeloidei