Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Nandoidei (Suborder)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 77; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Percoidea (Suborder)
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 381.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 394; Nelson et al., 2016: 394.

Historical positions

Nandoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 77.
Nandoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 24.
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 394-395.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 381-382.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2482.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 610).
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 924.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jul 2025	[1g;5s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 35	2g;9s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 383	[4g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 924	3sf;7g;10s