Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
Pisces
Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
Family Acanthoclinidae
see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes
Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 - lanternbellies
Family Amarsipidae Haedrich, 1969 - bagless glassfishes
Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes
Family Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835 - sand lances
Family †Amphistiidae Boulenger, 1902
Family Anabantidae Bonaparte, 1831 - climbing gouramies
Family Anarhichadidae Bonaparte, 1835 - wolffishes
Family Aplodactylidae Günther, 1859 - marblefishes
Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
Family †Arambourgellidae Blot, 1981, nom. illeg.
see Family Carangodidae Blot, 1969
Family Ariommatidae Haedrich, 1967 - ariommas
Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
Family Bathydraconidae Regan, 1913 - Antarctic dragonfishes
Family Bathymasteridae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - ronquils
Family Belontiidae - gouramies and allies
see Family Osphronemidae van der Hoeven, 1832
Family Blenniidae Rafinesque, 1810 - combtooth blennies
Family Bovichtidae Gill, 1862 - thornfishes
Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
Family Caesionidae - fusiliers
see Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861
Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
Family Callionymidae Bonaparte, 1831 - dragonets
Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
Family Centracanthidae Fowler, 1925 (1829)
see Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818
Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
Family Centrogeniidae nom. imperf.
see Family Centrogenyidae Fowler, 1907
Family Centrolophidae Bonaparte, 1846 - medusafishes
Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes
Family Chaenopsidae Gill, 1865 - pikeblennies
Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
Family Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902 - gapers
Family Channichthyidae Gill, 1861 - crocodile icefishes
Family Channidae Fowler, 1934 (1831) - snakeheads
Family Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850 - fingerfins
Family Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - swallowers
Family Chironemidae Gill, 1862 - kelpfishes
Family Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835 - cichlids
Family Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841 - hawkfishes
Family Clinidae Swainson, 1839 - kelp blennies
Family Coracinidae
see Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935
Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
Family Creediidae Waite, 1899 - sand burrowers
Family Cryptacanthodidae Gill, 1861 - wrymouths
Family Dactyloscopidae Gill, 1859 - sand stargazers
Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948 - longfinned pikes
Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
Family Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler, 1903 - slope dragonets
Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 - sicklefishes
Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
Family Elassomatidae Jordan, 1877 - pygmy sunfishes
Family Eleotridae Bonaparte, 1835 - sleepers
Family Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853 - surfperches
Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 - oldwives
Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 - spadefishes and batfishes
Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
Family Gempylidae Gill, 1862 - snake mackerels
Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 - pearl perches
Family Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 - gobies
Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887 - gramma basslets
Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
Family Harpagiferidae Gill, 1861 - plunderfishes
Family Helostomatidae Gill, 1872 - kissing gouramies
Family Icosteidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 - ragfishes
Family Inermiidae - bonnetmouths
see Subfamily Haemulinae Gill, 1885
Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1815 - billfishes and marlins
Family Kraemeriidae Whitley, 1935 (1911) - sand darts
see Subfamily Kraemeriinae Whitley, 1935 (1911)
Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
Family Kurtidae Bleeker, 1859 - nurseryfishes
Family †Kushlukiidae Daniltshenko, 1968
Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
Family Labridae Cuvier, 1816 - wrasses
Family Labrisomidae Clark Hubbs, 1952 - labrisomid blennies
Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 - false trevallies
Family Latridae Gill, 1862 - trumpeters
Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
Family Leptobramidae Ogilby, 1913 - beachsalmons
Family Leptoscopidae Gill, 1859 - southern sandfishes
Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
Family Luciocephalidae Bleeker, 1852 - pikeheads
see Subfamily Luciocephalinae Bleeker, 1852
Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 - luvars
Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
Family Menidae Fitzinger, 1873 - moonfishes
Family Microdesmidae Regan, 1912
see Subfamily Microdesminae Regan, 1912
Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
Family Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822 - mullets
Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
Family †Nardoichthyidae Sorbini & Bannikov, 1991
Family Nematistiidae Gill, 1862 - roosterfishes
Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
Family Nomeidae Günther, 1860 - driftfishes
Family Notograptidae
see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
Family Nototheniidae Günther, 1861 - cod icefishes
Family Odacidae Günther, 1861 - cales
see Subfamily Hypsigenyinae Günther, 1861
Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 - jawfishes
Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 - knifejaws
Family Osphronemidae van der Hoeven, 1832 - gouramies
Family †Palaeorhynchidae Günther, 1880
Family Parascorpididae Smith, 1949 - jutjaws
Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
Family Percophidae Swainson, 1839 - Brazilian flatheads
Family Pholidae Gill, 1893 - gunnels
Family Pholidichthyidae Jordan, 1896 - convict-blennies
Family Pinguipedidae Günther, 1860 - sandperches
Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
Family Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815 - threadfins
Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 - damselfishes and anemonefishes
Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849 - dottybacks
Family Ptilichthyidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - quillfishes
Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
Family †Repropcidae Bannikov, 1991
Family Rhyacichthyidae Jordan, 1905 - loach gobies
Family Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 - parrotfishes
see Subfamily Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810
Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 - scats
Family Schindleriidae Giltay, 1934 - Schindler's fishes
see Subfamily Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816
Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
Family Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 - mackerels, tunas and bonitos
Family Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925 - longfin escolars
Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes
Family Scytalinidae Jordan & Starks, 1895 - graveldivers
Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
Family Siganidae Richardson, 1837 - rabbitfishes
Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
Family Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - barracudas
Family Stichaeidae Gill, 1864 - pricklebacks
Family Stromateidae Rafinesque, 1810 - butterfishes
Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 - slopefishes
Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 - grunters
Family Tetragonuridae Risso, 1827 - squaretails
Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
Family Trachinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - weeverfishes
Family Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810 - cutlassfishes
Family Trichodontidae Bleeker, 1859 - sandfishes
Family Trichonotidae Günther, 1861 - sand divers
Family Tripterygiidae Whitley, 1931 - triplefins
Family Uranoscopidae Bonaparte, 1831 - stargazers
Family Xenisthmidae Miller, 1973 - collared wrigglers
Family Xenocephalidae
see Family Uranoscopidae Bonaparte, 1831
Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815 - swordfishes
Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 - Moorish idols
Family Zaproridae Jordan, 1896 - prowfishes
Family Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839 - eelpouts