Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes Order Perciformes Rafinesque, 1810 - perches Family Centrarchidae Regan, 1913 - sunfishes and freshwater basses Genus Ambloplites Rafinesque, 1820