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
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Perciformes Rafinesque, 1810 - perches
                   Suborder Percoidei Rafinesque, 1810
                     Family Embiotocidae - surfperches
                       1 Genus Rhacochilus Agassiz, 1854
                       2 Genus Amphistichus Agassiz, 1854
                       3 Genus Brachyistius Gill, 1862
                       4 Genus Micrometrus Gibbons, 1854
                       5 Genus Zalembius Jordan & Evermann, 1896
                       6 Genus Hysterocarpus Gibbons, 1854