Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                             Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                 Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                   Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                         Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                           Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                             Order Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937, sedis mutabilis - plectognaths
                                               Suborder Tetraodontoidei
                                                 Family Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831, nom. protect. - puffers
                                                   Subfamily Tetraodontinae see Family Tetraodontidae Bonaparte, 1831, nom. protect.
                                                     01 Genus Amblyrhynchotes Troschel, 1856, orth. inval. see Genus Amblyrhynchote Bibron, 1855
                                                     02 Genus Arothron Müller, 1841
                                                     03 Genus Carinotetraodon Benl, 1957
                                                     04 Genus Colomesus Gill, 1884 see Genus Sphoeroides [Lacepède], 1798
                                                     05 Genus Contusus Whitley, 1947
                                                     06 Genus Feroxodon Su, Hardy & Tyler, 1986
                                                     07 Genus Javichthys Hardy, 1985
                                                     08 Genus Lagocephalus Swainson, 1839
                                                     09 Genus Omegophora Whitley, 1934
                                                     10 Genus Sphoeroides [Lacepède], 1798
                                                     11 Genus Takifugu Abe, 1949
                                                     12 Genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758
                                                     13 Genus Torquigener Whitley, 1930
                                                     14 Genus Xenopterus Troschel, 1856, orth. inval. see Genus Xenoptere Bibron, 1855