Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates Pisces Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes Order Beloniformes Berg, 1937 - needlefishes Family Adrianichthyidae Weber, 1913 Family Belonidae Regan, 1911 - needlefishes Family Exocoetidae - flyingfishes Family †Forficidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1919 Family Hemiramphidae - halfbeaks Family Scomberesocidae - sauries