Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Not Monophyletic

Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 21 ("not").

Subsequent positions

Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964

Ref: C. Patterson, 1964: 304.

Subsequent entries

†Hoplopteryx (Genus) Agassiz, 1838		Ref: C. Patterson, 1964
†Tubantia (Genus) Patterson, 1964		Ref: C. Patterson, 1964

Current position

Trachichthyoidei (Suborder) Parr, 1933

Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 308.

Alternative positions

Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 151.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Trachichthyiformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 73; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Trachichthyoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 302.

Historical positions

Trachichthyiformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 73.
Trachichthyiformes (Order)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 21.
Trachichthyoidei (Suborder) Parr, 1933	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 308.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 32.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 151.
Trachichthyoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 302.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 367.
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: 1998
Beryciformes (Order) Günther, 1880	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2471.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Berycoidei (Suborder) Patterson, 1964	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 901.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8g;43s;3ss; †4g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 27 Jun 2025	[8g;43s;3ss]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 32	8g;47s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 302	[7g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 901	5g;14s