Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Zeacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 150.

Current position

Zeiogadaria (Series)

Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 21. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Acanthopterygii (Superorder) Rosen & Patterson, 1969	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
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: 33.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 903.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 314.
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 289; Nelson et al., 2016: fig. (p. 279).
Paracanthopterygii (Division) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 72.
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 304.
Zeacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127. [new position]
Zeiariae (Subseries)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 20.

Historical positions

Paracanthopterygii (Division) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 72.
Zeiariae (Subseries)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 20, fig. 1.
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 289-290, fig. (p. 279).
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: 33.
Zeacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 150; 149. [new position]
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 304-305, fig. (p. 262).
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 314.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
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: 903.
Acanthopterygii (Superorder) Rosen & Patterson, 1969	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
Teleostei (Superorder) Bonaparte, 1836	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6f;16g;32s; †3f;4g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Jun 2025	[6f;16g;32s; †3f]
2018	R. van der Laan: 72	[6f; †3f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 20	[6f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 293	[6f; †1f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[6f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33	6f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 150	5f
2006	J.S. Nelson: 308	[6f;16g]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	6f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 608	[6f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 903	6f