Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Atherinomorphae (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 79.

Alternative positions

Actinopteri (Class) Cope, 1871	Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (4 Feb 2025); ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 894.
Atherinea (Superorder)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 266.
Atherinomorpha (Series) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Atherinomorpha (Infraseries)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 354.
Atherinomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 685.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 313.

Historical positions

Atherinomorphae (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 79.
Atherinomorphae (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 25.
Atherinomorpha (Infraseries)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 354-355.
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.
Atherinomorphae (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 155.
Atherinea (Superorder)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 266.
Atherinomorpha (Series) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 313.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 367.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2469.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Atherinomorpha (Series) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 894; 1115.
Atherinomorpha (Superorder) Greenwood et al., 1966	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 685.
Teleostei (Superorder) Bonaparte, 1836	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8f;64g;425s;7ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Jul 2025	[8f;64g]
2018	R. van der Laan: 79	[10f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 25	[10f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 362	[8f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[8f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 32	10f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 155	[6f]
2006	J.S. Nelson: 275	[6f;48g]
2000		78s; †1s
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	8f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 607	[3f; †1f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 894	3so;16[17]f;167g;827s