Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 [paraphyletic] - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
         Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
           Infraclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
             Division Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
               Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                 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 Blennioidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Blenniiformes Rafinesque, 1810
                         1 Family Blenniidae Rafinesque, 1815 - combtooth blennies
                         2 Family Labrisomidae - labrisomids
                         3 Family Tripterygiidae - threefin blennies
                         4 Family Clinidae Regan, 1912 - clinids and klipfishes
                         5 Family Chaenopsidae - pikeblennies
                         6 Family Dactyloscopidae - sand stargazers