Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 [paraphyletic] - bony fishes see [unranked] Euteleostomi
         Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
           Infraclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
             Division Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845
               Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Cohort Euteleosteomorpha (Greenwood et al., 1966)
                 Superorder Paracanthopterygii Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966
                   Order Lophiiformes Rafinesque, 1810 - anglerfishes
                     Suborder Ceratioidei - deepsea anglerfishes
                       01 Family Melanocetidae
                       02 Family Diceratiidae
                       03 Family Himantolophidae - footballfishes
                       04 Family Oneirodidae Gill, 1879 - dreamers
                       05 Family Gigantacinidae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Gigantactinidae
                       06 Family Neoceratidae see Family Neoceratiidae
                       07 Family Centrophrynidae - dreamers
                       08 Family Ceratiidae - seadevils
                       09 Family Caulophrynidae
                       10 Family Linophrynidae - net-devils