Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126; Count: [*†*] 55o;274f;61g;6s; †4o;4f;7g;2s
Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126; Count: [*] 55o;274f;61g;6s; †4o;4f;7g;2s
Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 128-129; Count: [*] 55o;274f;61g;6s; †1o;4f;5g;2s
Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 129-130; Count: [*] 55o;274f;61g;6s; †1f;2g
Clupeocephala
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 134; Count: [*] 49o;264f;55g;6s
Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 134, 140; Count: [*] 43o;244f;50g;6s
Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 143; Count: [*] 41o;232f;42g;6s
Infracohort Eurypterygia (Rosen, 1973)
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 126, 144; Count: [*] 39o;226f;38g;6s
Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 146; Count: [*] 38o;214f;31g;4s
Subsection Acanthomorphata (Rosen, 1973)
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 146-147; Count: [*] 37o;212f;31g;4s
Euacanthomorpha (Johnson & Patterson, 1993)
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 147; Count: [*] 36o;205f;31g;4s
Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 147; Count: [*] 35o;204f;30g;4s
Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 149; Count: [*] 33o;191f;25g;4s
Euacanthopterygii
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 150; Count: [*] 31o;179f;25g;4s
Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 151-152; 150 [new rank]; Count: [*] 30o;172f;24g;4s
Order "Ophidiiformes" Rafinesque, 1810 - cusk-eels
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128, 166 [new position]; Count: [*] 4f
1 Suborder "Ophidioidei" Rafinesque, 1810
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128, 166; Count: [*] 2f
2 Suborder Bythitoidei
Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128, 166; Count: [*] 2f