Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cottiformes (Order)

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161.

Current position

Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Cottiformes (Order)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127. [new position]
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 485.

Historical positions

Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 485.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34.
Cottiformes (Order)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 161. [new position]
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 332-333.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2474.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 909.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11f;159g;723s;16ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 29 Aug 2025	[11f;159g]
2018	R. van der Laan: 86	[29f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 32	[25f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 495	[13f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[11f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 34	12f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 161	[4Sf;15f]
2006	J.S. Nelson: 339	[11f]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	11f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 609	[8f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 909	9f;126g;>535s