[Phylum] Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Craniata auct.
     Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
       Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
         Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
           Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
             Infraclass Actinopteri Cope, 1871 see Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
               Superdivision Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                 Superdivision Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                   Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                       Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                         Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                           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 - 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 Hemerocoetidae Kaup, 1873 - Indo-Pacific duckbills
                                         09 Family Howellidae Ogilby, 1899 - lanternbellies
                                         10 Family Lateolabracidae Springer & Raasch, 1995, nom. nud. - Asian seaperches see Family Lateolabracidae Ghedotti, Davis & Smith, 2018
                                         11 Family Leptoscopidae Gill, 1859 - southern sandfishes
                                         12 Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 - shellskin alfonsinos
                                         13 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
                                         14 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
                                         15 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
                                         16 Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 - slopefishes