living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
               Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                 Order Cypriniformes Rafinesque, 1810 - carps
                   Suborder Characoidei
                     Family Alestidae Hoedeman, 1951
                       1 Subfamily Alestinae Hoedeman, 1951
                       2 Subfamily Hydrocyninae
                       3 Genus Hydrocynus Cuvier, 1817
                       4 Genus Alestes Müller & Troschel, 1844
                       5 Genus Brycinus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1849
                       6 Genus Micralestes Boulenger, 1899
                       7 Genus Lepidarchus Roberts, 1966