[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Pisces
     Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
         01 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
         02 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
         03 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
         04 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
         05 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
         06 Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 - grunters
         07 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
         08 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
         09 Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
         10 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
         11 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
         12 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
         13 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
         14 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
         15 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
         16 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
         17 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
         18 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
         19 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
         20 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
         21 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
         22 Family Centracanthidae Fowler, 1925 (1829) see Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818
         23 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
         24 Family Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815 - threadfins
         25 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
         26 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
         27 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
         28 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes
         29 Family Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822 - mullets
         30 Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 - damselfishes and anemonefishes
         31 Family Labridae Cuvier, 1816 - wrasses
         32 Family Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 - parrotfishes see Subfamily Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810
         33 Family Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839 - eelpouts
         34 Family Stichaeidae Gill, 1864 - pricklebacks
         35 Family Pholidae Gill, 1893 - gunnels
         36 Family Anarhichadidae Bonaparte, 1835 - wolffishes
         37 Family Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - swallowers
         38 Family Ammodytidae Bonaparte, 1835 - sand lances
         39 Family Trachinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - weeverfishes
         40 Family Uranoscopidae Bonaparte, 1831 - stargazers
         41 Family Tripterygiidae Whitley, 1931 - triplefins
         42 Family Clinidae Swainson, 1839 - kelp blennies
         43 Family Blenniidae Rafinesque, 1810 - combtooth blennies
         44 Family Callionymidae Bonaparte, 1831 - dragonets
         45 Family Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler, 1903 - slope dragonets
         46 Family Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 - gobies
         47 Family Siganidae Richardson, 1837 - rabbitfishes
         48 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
         49 Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 - luvars
         50 Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 - surgeonfishes and unicornfishes
         51 Family Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925 - longfin escolars
         52 Family Sphyraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - barracudas
         53 Family Gempylidae Gill, 1862 - snake mackerels
         54 Family Trichiuridae Rafinesque, 1810 - cutlassfishes
         55 Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque, 1815 - swordfishes
         56 Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque, 1815 - billfishes and marlins
         57 Family Scombridae Rafinesque, 1815 - mackerels, tunas and bonitos
         58 Family Centrolophidae Bonaparte, 1846 - medusafishes
         59 Family Nomeidae Günther, 1860 - driftfishes
         60 Family Stromateidae Rafinesque, 1810 - butterfishes
         61 Family Tetragonuridae Risso, 1827 - squaretails