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
                     Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                       1 Genus Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
                       2 Genus Bairdiella Gill, 1861
                       3 Genus Cynoscion Gill, 1861
                       4 Genus Equetus Rafinesque, 1815, nom. illeg. see Genus Eques Bloch, 1793
                       5 Genus Menticirrhus Gill, 1861
                       6 Genus Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
                       7 Genus Seriphus Ayres, 1860