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
                     Order Salmoniformes Bleeker, 1859 - trout, salmon, and whitefish
                       Suborder Stomiatoidei orth. inval. see Suborder Stomioidei
                         1 Family Melanostomiatidae see Subfamily Melanostomiinae Parr, 1927
                         2 Family Stomiatidae Rosen, 1973, orth. inval. see Family Stomiidae Bleeker, 1859, nom. praeval.
                         3 Family Idiacanthidae see Subfamily Idiacanthinae Gill, 1893
                         4 Family Astronesthidae see Subfamily Astronesthinae Günther, 1864
                         5 Family Malacosteidae see Subfamily Malacosteinae Gill, 1890
                         6 Family Gonostomatidae Cocco, 1838 - bristlemouths
                         7 Family Sternoptychidae Duméril, 1805 - marine hatchetfishes
                         8 Family Chauliodontidae see Subfamily Chauliodontinae Bonaparte, 1845