living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             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
                 Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
                   Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                     01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
                     02 Family [Chandidae] Norman, 1955 see Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870
                     03 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
                     04 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
                     05 Family Grammistidae Bleeker, 1857 - soapfishes
                     06 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849 - dottybacks
                     07 Family Pseudogrammatidae see Subfamily Grammistinae Bleeker, 1857
                     07 Family Pseudogrammidae see Subfamily Grammistinae Bleeker, 1857
                     08 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887 - gramma basslets
                     08 Family Grammidae see Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887
                     09 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
                     10 Family Pseudoplesiopidae see Subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae Bleeker, 1875
                     11 Family Anisochromidae see Subfamily Anisochrominae Smith, 1954
                     12 Family Acanthoclinidae see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
                     13 Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 - pearl perches
                     13 Family Glaucosomidae see Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911
                     14 Family Teraponidae see Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842
                     15 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
                     16 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
                     17 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
                     18 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
                     19 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
                     20 Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 - lanternbellies
                     21 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
                     22 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
                     23 Family Branchiostegidae see Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861
                     25 Family Labracoglossidae see Family Scorpididae Günther, 1860
                     26 Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 - false trevallies
                     27 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
                     28 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
                     29 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
                     29 Family Echeneididae Rafinesque, 1810 see Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810
                     30 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
                     31 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
                     32 Family Formionidae see Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815
                     33 Family Menidae Fitzinger, 1873 - moonfishes
                     34 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
                     35 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
                     36 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
                     37 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
                     38 Family Centracanthidae Fowler, 1925 (1829) see Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818
                     39 Family Inermiidae - bonnetmouths see Subfamily Haemulinae Gill, 1885
                     40 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
                     41 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
                     42 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
                     43 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
                     44 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
                     45 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
                     46 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
                     47 Family Pentapodidae see Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913
                     48 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
                     49 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                     50 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
                     51 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
                     52 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
                     52 Family Pempherididae see Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859
                     53 Family Leptobramidae Ogilby, 1913 - beachsalmons
                     54 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
                     55 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
                     56 Family Coracinidae see Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935
                     57 Family Girellidae Gill, 1862 - nibblers
                     58 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
                     59 Family Scorpididae Günther, 1860 - halfmoons
                     60 Family Ephippididae see Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859
                     61 Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 - scats
                     62 Family Rhinoprenidae see Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859
                     63 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
                     64 Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 - oldwives
                     65 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
                     66 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
                     67 Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 - knifejaws
                     68 Family Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853 - surfperches
                     69 Family Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835 - cichlids
                     70 Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 - damselfishes and anemonefishes
                     71 Family Gadopsidae see Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890
                     72 Family Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841 - hawkfishes
                     73 Family Chironemidae Gill, 1862 - kelpfishes
                     74 Family Aplodactylidae Günther, 1859 - marblefishes
                     75 Family Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850 - fingerfins
                     76 Family Latrididae see Family Latridae Gill, 1862
                     77 Family Owstoniidae see Subfamily Owstoniinae Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder, 1913
                     78 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes