Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
         Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
           Eugnathostomata
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               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
                   [crown] Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                       Subdivision Teleostei Müller, 1845 - teleosts see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                         Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                           Osteoglossocephala Arratia, 2010
                             Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                               Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                 Zoroteleostei - zoroteleosts
                                   Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                     Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                       Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                         Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                           Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                             Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                               Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                 Subseries Ovalentaria Smith & Near, 2012 see Series Ovalentaria Smith & Near, 2012
                                                   01 Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870, incertae sedis - Asiatic glassfishes
                                                   02 Family Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853, incertae sedis - surfperches
                                                   03 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887, incertae sedis - gramma basslets
                                                   04 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861, incertae sedis - roundheads
                                                   05 Family Polycentridae Gill, 1858, incertae sedis - leaffishes
                                                   06 Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831, incertae sedis - damselfishes and anemonefishes
                                                   07 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849, incertae sedis - dottybacks
                                                   08 Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835, incertae sedis - jawfishes
                                                   09? Order Mugiliformes Günther, 1880 [monotypic] - mullets
                                                   10? Order Cichliformes - cichlids and convict blennies
                                                   11? Order Blenniiformes - blennies
                                                   12 Order Gobiesociformes Gill, 1872 [monotypic] - clingfishes see Suborder Gobiesocoidei Bertin & Arambourg, 1958
                                                   13 Infraseries Atherinomorpha - atherinomorphs see Superorder Atherinomorphae Greenwood et al., 1966