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 Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                   Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                     Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
                       01 Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                       02 Suborder Mugiloidei [monotypic] see Order Mugiliformes Günther, 1880
                       03 Suborder Sphyraenidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. [monotypic] see Suborder Sphyraenoidei Bannikov, 2014
                       04 Suborder Polynemoidei [monotypic] see Suborder Pleuronectoidei
                       05 Suborder Labroidei Bertin & Arambourg, 1958
                       06 Suborder Zoarcoidei
                       07 Suborder Trachinoidei Jordan & Evermann, 1896 see Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                       08 Suborder Notothenoidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Suborder Notothenioidei
                       09 Suborder Blennioidei
                       10 Suborder Icosteoidei [monotypic] see Order Icosteiformes Berg, 1937
                       11 Suborder Schindleroidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. [monotypic] see Suborder Schindlerioidei
                       12 Suborder Ammodytoidei Berg, 1940 [monotypic] see Order Uranoscopiformes
                       13 Suborder Callionymoidei Berg, 1940
                       14 Suborder Gobioidei Berg, 1940
                       15 Suborder Kuroidei Carroll, 1988, nom. null. [monotypic] see Suborder Kurtoidei
                       16 Suborder Acanthuroidei see Order Acanthuriformes Jordan, 1923
                       17 Suborder Scombroidei Günther, 1880
                       18 Suborder Stromateoidei
                       19 Suborder Anabantoidei - labyrinth fishes
                       20 Suborder Luciocephaloidei [monotypic] see Suborder Anabantoidei
                       22 Suborder Mastacembeloidei