Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
               Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
                 Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                   Superorder Teleostei Bonaparte, 1836
                     Order Perciformes Rafinesque, 1810 - perches
                       Suborder Percoidei Rafinesque, 1810
                         Family Centrarchidae Regan, 1913 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
                           Genus Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819 - sunfishes
                           Genus Mesogonistes
                           Genus Micropterus Lacepède, 1802
                           Genus Pomoxis Rafinesque, 1818 - crappies