Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Cottales (Infraorder)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86; [Nelson, 2006: 338].

Alternative positions

Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
Cyclopteroidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1889	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 494.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.

Historical positions

Cottales (Infraorder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86.
Cottales (Infraorder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 32.
Cyclopteroidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1889	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 494-495.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 34.
Cottoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 161.
Cyclopteroidea (Superfamily) Gill, 1889	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 338-339.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: 1998
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2475.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Cottoidei (Suborder) Berg, 1940	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 910.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;21s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Aug 2025	[6g;21s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 34	6g;27s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 339	[6g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 910	3sf;21?g;142s