[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 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 - 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 Blenniomorphae