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Taxon: Superorder Teleostei Bonaparte, 1836 (fish)
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Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
               Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
                   Superorder Teleostei Bonaparte, 1836 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Genus †Leptolepis Agassiz, 1832
                     01 Order Elopiformes Gosline, 1960 - tenpounders
                     02 Order Anguilliformes Berg, 1943 - eels
                     03 Order Notacanthiformes Goodrich, 1909 - halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels
                     04 Order Clupeiformes Goodrich, 1909 - herrings
                     05 Order Osteoglossiformes Berg, 1940 - bonytongues
                     06 Order Mormyriformes see Suborder Mormyroidei
                     07 Order Salmoniformes Bleeker, 1859 - trout, salmon, and whitefish
                     08 Order Cetomimiformes see Superfamily Cetomimoidea Goode & Bean, 1895
                     09 Order Ctenothrissiformes Patterson, 1964
                     10 Order Gonorynchiformes Regan, 1909 - milkfishes
                     11 Order Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859 - carps, loaches, minnows, and relatives
                     12 Order Siluriformes Bleeker, 1858 - catfishes
                     13 Order Percopsiformes Berg, 1937 - trout-perches
                     14 Order Batrachoidiformes Berg, 1937 - toadfishes
                     15 Order Gobiesociformes Gill, 1872 - clingfishes see Suborder Gobiesocoidei Bertin & Arambourg, 1958
                     16 Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
                     17 Order Gadiformes Goodrich, 1909 - cods and hakes
                     18 Order Atheriniformes Rosen, 1964 - silversides
                     19 Order Beryciformes Günther, 1880 - beryciforms
                     20 Order Zeiformes Jordan, 1905 - dories
                     21 Order Lampridiformes Goodrich, 1909 see Order Lampriformes
                     22 Order Gasterosteiformes Gill, 1872 - sticklebacks see Infraorder Gasterosteales
                     23 Order Channiformes Berg, 1940
                     24 Order Synbranchiformes - swamp eels
                     25 Order Scorpaeniformes Bloch, 1789 - mail-cheeked fishes see Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859
                     26 Order Dactylopteriformes Jordan, 1923 see Suborder Dactylopteroidei Jordan, 1923
                     27 Order Pegasiformes - dragonfishes see Order Gasterosteiformes Gill, 1872
                     28 Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
                     29 Order Mastacembeliformes
                     30 Order Pleuronectiformes Bleeker, 1859 - flatfishes see Suborder Pleuronectoidei
                     31 Order Tetraodontiformes Berg, 1937 - plectognaths

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