Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Centriscoidea (Superfamily)

Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 410.

Alternative positions

Aulostomoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 608).
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 75; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Historical positions

Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 75.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 23.
Centriscoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 410-411.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 154.
Centriscoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 315-316.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 368.
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: 1998
Syngnathiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2472.
Aulostomoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 608).
Syngnathoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 906.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5g;13s; †1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 Jul 2025	[5g;13s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33	5g;12s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 316	[2g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 906	2g;4s