Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct. see Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
       Vertebrata (Lamarck, 1801) - vertebrates see Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
         Myopterygii - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                             Neoteleostei - neoteleosts see Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia (Rosen, 1973)
                                 Ctenosquamata 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 [unranked] Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                           Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                             Order Perciformes Rafinesque, 1810 - perches
                                               Suborder Trachinoidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Trachiniformes Rafinesque, 1810
                                                 01 Family Chiasmodontidae - swallowers
                                                 02 Family Champsodontidae - gapers
                                                 03 Family Trichodontidae - sandfishes
                                                 04 Family Pinguipedidae - sandperches
                                                 05 Family Cheimarrhichthyidae nom. imperf. see Family Cheimarrichthyidae
                                                 06 Family Trichonotidae - sand divers
                                                 07 Family Creediidae - sand burrowers
                                                 08 Family Percophidae - duckbills see Family Percophididae
                                                 09 Family Leptoscopidae
                                                 10 Family Ammodytidae Boulenger, 1910 - sand lances
                                                 11 Family Trachinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - weeverfishes
                                                 12 Family Uranoscopidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - stargazers