Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                             Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                 Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                   Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                         Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                           Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                             Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859, sedis mutabilis - perches
                                               Suborder Trachinoidei Jordan & Evermann, 1896 see Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                                                 01 Family Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - swallowers
                                                 02 Family Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902 - gapers
                                                 03 Family Trichodontidae Bleeker, 1859 - sandfishes
                                                 04 Family Pinguipedidae Günther, 1860 - sandperches
                                                 05 Family Cheimarrhichthyidae orth. inval. [monotypic] - New Zealand torrentfishes see Family Cheimarrichthyidae Regan, 1913
                                                 06 Family Trichonotidae Günther, 1861 [monotypic] - sand divers
                                                 07 Family Creediidae Waite, 1899 - sand burrowers
                                                 08 Family Percophidae Swainson, 1839 - Brazilian flatheads
                                                 09 Family Leptoscopidae Gill, 1859 - southern sandfishes
                                                 10 Family Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835 - sand lances
                                                 11 Family Trachinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - weeverfishes
                                                 12 Family Uranoscopidae Bonaparte, 1831 - stargazers