Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Exocoetoidea (Superfamily) Risso, 1827

Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 365.

Alternative positions

Beloniformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Belonoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 79.
Exocoetoidei (Suborder)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 156.

Historical positions

Belonoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 79.
Belonoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 26.
Exocoetoidea (Superfamily) Risso, 1827	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 365-366.
Cyprinodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Beloniformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32.
Exocoetoidei (Suborder)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 156.
Exocoetoidea (Superfamily) Risso, 1827	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 278-279.
Beloniformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 367.
Beloniformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: 1998
Beloniformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2470.
Exocoetoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Exocoetoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 895.
Exocoetoidei (Suborder)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 685.
Exocoetoidei (Suborder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7g;62s;5ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jul 2025	[7g;62s;5ss]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 32	7g;65s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 279	[8g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 895	8g;48s