Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Balistoidei (Suborder)

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 169; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Ostracioidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 455.
Ostracioidea (Suborder)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 521.
Ostracioidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 83.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 38.

Historical positions

Ostracioidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 83.
Ostracioidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 29.
Ostracioidea (Suborder)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 521-522.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 38.
Balistoidei (Suborder)	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 169.
Ostracioidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1810	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 455.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 374.
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: 1998
Tetraodontiformes (Order) Berg, 1937	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2493.
Balistoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 611.
Balistoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 943.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;25s; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Sep 2025	[6g;25s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 38	8g;28s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 456	[14g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 943	12g;24s