Natura - nature
  
 actualia - actual entities
    
 Mundus Plinius - physical world
      
 naturalia - natural bodies
        
 Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
          
 Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
            
 Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
              
 Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                
 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  
 Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                    
 Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                      
 Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                        
 Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                          
 Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                            
 Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                              
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                
 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                  
 Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                    
 Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                      
 Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                        
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                          
 Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                            
 Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                              
 Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                
 Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                  
 [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                    
 Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                      
 Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                        
 Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                          
 Clade Actinopterygiiᵀ Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                            
 Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                              
 Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                
 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                  
 Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                    
 Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                      
 Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                        
 Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                          
 Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                            
 Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                              
 Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                
 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                  
 Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                    
 Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                      
 Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                        
 Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                          
 Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                            
 Series Eupercaria
                                                                                              
 Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923 - surgeonfishes and relatives
                                                                                                
 01 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
                                                                                                
 02 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
                                                                                                
 03.1 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
                                                                                                
 03.2.1 Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 [monotypic] - sicklefishes
                                                                                                
 03.2.2 Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 - spadefishes and batfishes
                                                                                                
 04 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                                                                                                
 05 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
                                                                                                
 06 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
                                                                                                
 07 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
                                                                                                
 08 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [monotypic] - moonies
                                                                                                
 09 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
                                                                                                
 10 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
                                                                                                
 11.1 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
                                                                                                
 11.2 Family Latilidae Gill, 1862 - deepwater tilefishes
                                                                                                
 12.1 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
                                                                                                
 12.2.1 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
                                                                                                
 12.2.2 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
                                                                                                
 13.1 Family †Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991
                                                                                                
 13.2 Family †Sorbinipercidae Tyler, 1998 [paraphyletic]
                                                                                                
 13.2.n Family †Zorzinichthyidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2002 [monotypic]
                                                                                                
 13.3 Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 - luvars
                                                                                                
 13.4 Family †Kushlukiidae Daniltshenko, 1968 [monotypic]
                                                                                                
 13.5 Family †Caprovesposidae Bannikov & Fedotov, 1984
                                                                                                
 13.6 Family †Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005
                                                                                                
 13.7.1 Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 [monotypic] - Moorish idols
                                                                                                
 13.7.2 Family Acanthuridaeᵀ Bonaparte, 1835 - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes
                                                                                                
 14 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
                                                                                                
 15.1 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
                                                                                                
 15.2 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
                                                                                                
 15.3 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
                                                                                                
 16 Family Siganidae Richardson, 1837 - rabbitfishes
                                                                                                
 17 Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 - scats
                                                                                                
 18.1 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes
                                                                                                
 18.2 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
                                                                                                
 19.1 Family Caproidae Bonaparte, 1835 [monotypic] - boarfishes
                                                                                                
 19.2 Family Antigoniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [monotypic] - deepwater boarfishes