Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Craniata Linnaeus, 1758 see Subphylum Craniata auct.
     Pisces
       Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
         Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
           Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
             01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
             02 Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes
             03 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
             04 Family Perciliidae Jordan, 1923 - southern basses
             05 Family Howellidae Ogilby, 1899 - lanternbellies
             06 Family Lateolabracidae Springer & Raasch, 1995, nom. nud. - Asian seaperches see Family Lateolabracidae Ghedotti, Davis & Smith, 2018
             07 Family Latidae Jordan, 1888 - giant perches
             08 Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 - lanternbellies
             09 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
             10 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
             11 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
             12 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
             13 Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 - shellskin alfonsinos
             14 Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 - slopefishes
             15 Family Centrogenyidae Fowler, 1907 - false scorpionfishes
             16 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849 - dottybacks
             17 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887 - gramma basslets
             18 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
             19 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
             20 Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 - jawfishes
             21 Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 - grunters
             22 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
             23 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
             24 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
             25 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
             26 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
             27 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
             28 Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
             29 Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948 - longfinned pikes
             30 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
             31 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
             32 Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 - false trevallies
             33 Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes
             34 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
             35 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
             36 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
             37 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
             38 Family Nematistiidae Gill, 1862 - roosterfishes
             39 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
             40 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
             41 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
             42 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
             43 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
             44 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
             45 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
             46 Family Caesionidae - fusiliers see Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861
             47 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
             48 Family Datnioididae Fowler, 1931 see Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861
             49 Family Hapalogenyidae Akazaki, 1984, nom. nud. see Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861
             50 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
             51 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
             52 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
             53 Family Centracanthidae Fowler, 1925 (1829) see Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818
             54 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
             55 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
             56 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
             57 Family Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815 - threadfins
             58 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
             59 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
             60 Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 - pearl perches
             61 Family Leptobramidae Ogilby, 1913 - beachsalmons
             62 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
             63 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
             64 Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935 - galjoens
             65 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
             66 Family Parascorpididae Smith, 1949 - jutjaws
             67 Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 - sicklefishes
             68 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
             69 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
             70 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
             71 Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 - oldwives
             72 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
             73 Family Polycentridae Gill, 1858 - leaffishes
             74 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
             75 Family Badidae Barlow, Liem & Wickler, 1968 - chameleon fishes
             76 Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 - knifejaws
             77 Family Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841 - hawkfishes
             78 Family Chironemidae Gill, 1862 - kelpfishes
             79 Family Aplodactylidae Günther, 1859 - marblefishes
             80 Family Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850 - fingerfins
             81 Family Latridae Gill, 1862 - trumpeters
             82 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes