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Taxon: Family Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810 (fish)
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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 Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937, sedis mutabilis - plectognaths
                                               Suborder Balistoidei
                                                 Superfamily Balistoidea see Suborder Balistoidei
                                                   Family Balistidae Rafinesque, 1810 - triggerfishes
                                                     01 Genus Abalistes Jordan & Seale, 1906
                                                     02 Genus Balistapus Tilesius, 1820
                                                     03 Genus Balistes Linnaeus, 1758 - triggerfish
                                                     04 Genus Balistoides Fraser-Brunner, 1935
                                                     05 Genus Canthidermis Swainson, 1839
                                                     06 Genus Melichthys Swainson, 1839
                                                     07 Genus Odonus Gistel, 1848
                                                     08 Genus Rhinecanthus Swainson, 1839
                                                     09 Genus Sufflamen Jordan, 1916
                                                     10 Genus Xanthichthys Kaup, 1856
                                                     11 Genus Xenobalistes Matsuura, 1981

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