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 Ovalentaria Smith & Near, 2012
                                 01 Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870, incertae sedis - Asiatic glassfishes
                                 02 Family Congrogadidae Günther, 1862, incertae sedis see Subfamily Congrogadinae Günther, 1862
                                 03 Family Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853, incertae sedis - surfperches
                                 04 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887, incertae sedis [monophyletic?] - gramma basslets
                                 05 Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835, incertae sedis - jawfishes
                                 06 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861, incertae sedis - roundheads
                                 07 Family Polycentridae Gill, 1858, incertae sedis - leaffishes
                                 08 Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831, incertae sedis - damselfishes and anemonefishes
                                 09 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849, incertae sedis - dottybacks
                                 10 Superorder Cichlomorphae [monotypic]
                                 11 Superorder Atherinomorphae Greenwood et al., 1966
                                 12 Superorder Mugilomorphae [monotypic]
                                 13 Superorder Blenniimorphae see Superorder Blenniomorphae