Infraphylum [Gnathostomata] Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates see Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874
   Megaclass Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Superclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
             Megacohort Osteoglossocephalai
               Supercohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                     Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                       Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                         Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                           Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                             Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                               Series Eupercaria
                                 Order Pempheriformes see Order Acropomatiformes
                                   01 Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 [non-monophyletic] - lanternbellies
                                   02 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
                                   03 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
                                   04 Family Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902 - gapers
                                   05 Family Creediidae Waite, 1899 - sand burrowers
                                   06 Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
                                   07 Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 - pearl perches
                                   08 Family Howellidae Ogilby, 1899 - lanternbellies
                                   09 Family Lateolabracidae Springer & Raasch, 1995, nom. nud. - Asian seaperches see Family Lateolabracidae Ghedotti, Davis & Smith, 2018
                                   10 Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 - shellskin alfonsinos
                                   11 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
                                   12 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
                                   13 Family "Percophidae" Swainson, 1839 - Brazilian flatheads
                                   14 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
                                   15 Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 - slopefishes
                                   16 Family Hemerocoetidae Kaup, 1873 - Indo-Pacific duckbills
                                   17 Family Leptoscopidae Gill, 1859 - southern sandfishes