Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
     Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
         Clupeocephala
           Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
             Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
               Infracohort Eurypterygia (Rosen, 1973)
                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                   Subsection Acanthomorphata (Rosen, 1973)
                     Euacanthomorpha (Johnson & Patterson, 1993)
                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                         Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                           Euacanthopterygii
                             Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                               Series Smegmamorpharia Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                 Superorder Atherinomorphae (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                                   Cyprinodontoidei Dyer & Chernoff, 1996
                                     Order Beloniformes Berg, 1937 - needlefishes
                                       1 Suborder Adrianichthyoidei
                                       2 Suborder Exocoetoidei see Suborder Belonoidei