Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
       Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 [paraphyletic] - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
         Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
           Infraclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
             Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
               Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                 Superorder Paracanthopterygii Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966 see Division Paracanthopterygii Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966
                   Order Lophiiformes Garman, 1899 - anglerfishes
                     Suborder Ceratioidei - deepsea anglerfishes
                       01 Family Melanocetidae Gill, 1878 - black seadevils
                       02 Family Diceratiidae Regan & Trewavas, 1932 - doublespine seadevils
                       03 Family Himantolophidae Gill, 1861 - footballfishes
                       04 Family Oneirodidae Gill, 1878 - dreamers
                       05 Family Gigantacinidae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Gigantactinidae Boulenger, 1904
                       06 Family Neoceratidae see Family Neoceratiidae Regan, 1926
                       07 Family Centrophrynidae Bertelsen, 1951 - prickly seadevils
                       08 Family Ceratiidae Gill, 1861 - seadevils
                       09 Family Caulophrynidae Goode & Bean, 1896 - fanfins
                       10 Family Linophrynidae Regan, 1925 - leftvent seadevils