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 Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see [unranked] Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                   Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                     Order Perciformes Rafinesque, 1810 - perches
                       Suborder Trachinoidei Rafinesque, 1810 see Order Trachiniformes Rafinesque, 1810
                         01 Family Trichonotidae - sand divers
                         02 Family Opisthognathidae see Family Opistognathidae
                         03 Family Congrogadidae see Subfamily Congrogadinae
                         04 Family Bathymasteridae - ronquils
                         05 Family Notograptidae
                         06 Family Mugiloididae
                         07 Family Pholidichthyidae - convict-blennies
                         08 Family Cheimarrhychthyidae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Cheimarrichthyidae
                         09 Family Trichonotidae - sand divers
                         10 Family Trachinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - weeverfishes
                         11 Family Percophididae
                         12 Family Trichodontidae - sandfishes
                         13 Family Creediidae - sand burrowers
                         14 Family Uranoscopidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - stargazers
                         15 Family Leptoscopidae
                         16 Family Champsodontidae - gapers