Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct. see Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
       Vertebrata (Lamarck, 1801) - vertebrates see Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
         Myopterygii - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                             Neoteleostei - neoteleosts see Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Superorder Stenopterygii [monotypic]
                                 Order Stomiiformes Rosen, 1973 - dragonfishes see Order Stomiatiformes Rosen, 1973, orth. inval.
                                   Suborder Gonostomatoidei
                                     Family Sternoptychidae Rafinesque, 1815
                                       Subfamily Sternoptychinae - marine hatchetfishes
                                         Genus Polyipnus Günther, 1887
                                           1 Polyipnus latirastrus Last & Harold, 1994