Fishes
  
 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
    
 01 Order Polypteriformes - bichirs
    
 02 Order Acipenseriformes Berg, 1940 - paddlefishes and sturgeons
    
 03 Order Lepisosteiformes Hay, 1929 - gars
    
 04 Order Amiiformes Huxley, 1861 - bowfins
    
 05 Order Osteoglossiformes Berg, 1940 - bonytongues
    
 06 Order Elopiformes Gosline, 1960 - tenpounders
    
 07 Order Albuliformes Greenwood et al., 1966 - bonefishes
    
 08 Order Notacanthiformes Goodrich, 1909 - halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels
    
 09 Order Anguilliformes Berg, 1943 - eels
    
 10 Order Saccopharyngiformes - sackpharynx fishes
 see Suborder Anguilloidei
    
 11 Order Clupeiformes Goodrich, 1909 - herrings
    
 12 Order Gonorynchiformes Regan, 1909 - milkfishes
    
 13 Order Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859 - carps, loaches, minnows, and relatives
    
 14 Order Characiformes Goodrich, 1909 - characins
    
 15 Order Siluriformes Bleeker, 1858 - catfishes
    
 16 Order Gymnotiformes Gill, 1872 - Neotropical knifefishes
    
 17 Order Esociformes Bleeker, 1859 - pikes and mudminnows
 see Suborder Esocoidei Regan, 1909
    
 18 Order Osmeriformes Regan, 1913 - freshwater smelts
    
 19 Order Salmoniformes Bleeker, 1859 - trout, salmon, and whitefish
    
 20 Order Stomiiformes Rosen, 1973 - dragonfishes
    
 21 Order Ateleopodiformes Berg, 1937 - jellynose fishes
    
 22 Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
    
 23 Order Myctophiformes Regan, 1911 - lanternfishes
    
 24 Order Lampriformes - opahs
    
 25 Order Polymixiiformes Lowe, 1838 - beardfishes
    
 26 Order Percopsiformes Berg, 1937 - trout-perches
    
 27 Order Gadiformes Goodrich, 1909 - cods and hakes
    
 28 Order Ophidiiformes Regan, 1912 - cusk-eels
    
 29 Order Batrachoidiformes Berg, 1937 - toadfishes
    
 30 Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
    
 31 Order Gobiesociformes Gill, 1872 - clingfishes
 see Suborder Gobiesocoidei Bertin & Arambourg, 1958
    
 32 Order Atheriniformes Rosen, 1964 - silversides
    
 33 Order Cyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 - killifishes
    
 34 Order Beloniformes Berg, 1937 - needlefishes
    
 35 Order Stephanoberyciformes Berg, 1937 - pricklefishes
 see Suborder Stephanoberycoidei
    
 36 Order Beryciformes Günther, 1880 - beryciforms
    
 37 Order Cetomimiformes
 see Superfamily Cetomimoidea Goode & Bean, 1895
    
 38 Order Zeiformes Jordan, 1905 - dories
    
 39 Family Elassomatidae Jordan, 1877 - pygmy sunfishes
    
 40 Order Gasterosteiformes Gill, 1872 - sticklebacks
 see Infraorder Gasterosteales
    
 41 Order Syngnathiformes Berg, 1940 - pipefishes and seahorses
    
 42 Order Synbranchiformes - swamp eels
    
 43 Order Scorpaeniformes Bloch, 1789 - mail-cheeked fishes
 see Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859
    
 44 Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
    
 45 Order Pleuronectiformes Bleeker, 1859 - flatfishes
 see Suborder Pleuronectoidei
    
 46 Order Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937 - plectognaths