[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
                                       01 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899, incertae sedis - splendid perches
                                       02 Family †Caucasichthyidae Bannikov, Carnevale & Parin, 2011, incertae sedis
                                       03 Family Centrogenyidae Fowler, 1907, incertae sedis - false scorpionfishes
                                       04 Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948, incertae sedis - longfinned pikes
                                       05 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986, incertae sedis - cavebasses
                                       06 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867, incertae sedis - rovers
                                       07 Family †Eotrigonodontidae White, 1935, incertae sedis
                                       08 Family †Exelliidae Blot, 1969, incertae sedis
                                       09 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861, incertae sedis - tilefishes
                                       10 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898, incertae sedis - moonies
                                       11 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896, incertae sedis - white basses
                                       12 Family Parascorpididae Smith, 1949, incertae sedis - jutjaws
                                       13 Family †Pietschellidae Carnevale & Bannikov, 2015, incertae sedis
                                       14 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898, incertae sedis - angelfishes
                                       15 Family †Quasimullidae Bannikov, 1999, incertae sedis
                                       16 Family †Repropcidae Bannikov, 1991, incertae sedis
                                       17 Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883, incertae sedis - scats
                                       18 Family Siganidae Richardson, 1837, incertae sedis - rabbitfishes
                                       19 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846, incertae sedis - sillagos
                                       20 Order Gerreiformes [monotypic] see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       21 Order Uranoscopiformes see Suborder Uranoscopoidei
                                       22 Order Labriformes - wrasses and relatives
                                       23 Order Ephippiformes see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       24 Order Chaetodontiformes see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       25 Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 - surgeonfishes and relatives
                                       26 Order Lutjaniformes see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       27 Order Lobotiformes see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       28 Order Spariformes - breams and porgies see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       29 Order Priacanthiformes see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       30 Order Caproiformes [monotypic] - boarfishes see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                                       31 Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
                                       32 Order Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937 - plectognaths
                                       33 Order Pempheriformes see Order Acropomatiformes
                                       34 Order Centrarchiformes
                                       35 Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches