living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             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
                 Order Gasterosteiformes Gill, 1872 - sticklebacks see Infraorder Gasterosteales
                   Suborder Syngnathoidei Berg, 1940
                     1 Family Pegasidae Bonaparte, 1831 - seamoths
                     2 Family Solenostomidae Nardo, 1843 - ghost pipefishes
                     3 Family Syngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pipefishes and seahorses
                     4 Family Macrorhamphosidae see Family Macroramphosidae Bleeker, 1879
                     5 Family Centriscidae Bonaparte, 1831 - snipefishes
                     6 Family Aulostomidae Rafinesque, 1815 - trumpetfishes
                     7 Family Fistulariidae Stark, 1828 - cornetfishes