Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri

Subsequent positions

Percomorphacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 162.

Current position

Blenniomorphae (Superorder)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 80.

Alternative positions

Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 940.
Blenniimorphae (Superorder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 26.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 367.
Ovalentaria (Subseries) Smith & Near, 2012	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 351.
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Percomorphacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128. [new position]

Historical positions

Blenniomorphae (Superorder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 80.
Blenniimorphae (Superorder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 26.
Ovalentaria (Subseries) Smith & Near, 2012	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 351-352.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32.
Percomorphacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128, 162-163. [new position]
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 367.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2468.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 940.
Teleostei (Superorder) Bonaparte, 1836	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3f;65g;343s;7ss]
2018	R. van der Laan: 80	[1f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 26	[1f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 353	[1f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[1f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 32	1f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 162	[2so;3f]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	1f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 607	[1f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 940	[1f;34g;>100s]