Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Berycacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 151.

Subsequent entries

Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964		Ref: C. Patterson, 1964: 304.
†Dinopterygoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964		Ref: C. Patterson, 1964: 303, 386.
Polymixioidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964		Ref: C. Patterson, 1964: 263, 372.

Current position

Berycimorphaceae (Subdivision)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 73.

Alternative positions

Acanthopterygii (Superorder) Rosen & Patterson, 1969	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 685.
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: 900.
Berycacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127. [new position]
Berycida (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 308; Nelson et al., 2016: fig. (p. 303).
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 313.
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 299.

Historical positions

Berycimorphaceae (Subdivision)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 73.
Berycimorphaceae (Subdivision)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 21, fig. 1.
Berycida (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 308, fig. (p. 303).
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.
Berycacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 151; 149. [new position]
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 299, fig. (p. 262).
Percomorpha (Series)	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: 2471.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 900.
Acanthopterygii (Superorder) Rosen & Patterson, 1969	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	9f;37g;166s;2ss; †3f;13g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jun 2025	[9f;37g; †3f]
2018	R. van der Laan: 73	[8f; †1f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 21	[8f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 314	[8f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[7f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 32	7f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 151	7f
2006	J.S. Nelson: 304	[7f;29g]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	7f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 608	[12f; †4f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 900	3so;[14f];39g;143s