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
                       Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                         01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
                         02 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
                         03 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
                         04 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
                         05 Family Pseudoplesiopidae see Subfamily Pseudoplesiopinae Bleeker, 1875
                         06 Family Anisochromidae see Subfamily Anisochrominae Smith, 1954
                         07 Family Acanthoclinidae see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
                         08 Family Glaucosomidae see Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911
                         09 Family Therapomidae see Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842
                         10 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
                         11 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
                         12 Family Gregoryinidae
                         13 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
                         14 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
                         15 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
                         16 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
                         17 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
                         18 Family Branchiostegidae see Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861
                         19 Family Labracoglossidae see Family Scorpididae Günther, 1860
                         20 Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 - false trevallies
                         21 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
                         22 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
                         23 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
                         24 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
                         25 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
                         26 Family Formionidae see Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815
                         27 Family Menidae Fitzinger, 1873 - moonfishes
                         28 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
                         29 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
                         30 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
                         31 Family Arripididae see Family Arripidae Gill, 1893
                         32 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
                         33 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
                         34 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
                         35 Family Gerridae see Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859
                         36 Family Pomadasyidae see Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885
                         37 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
                         38 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                         39 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
                         40 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
                         41 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
                         42 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
                         43 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
                         44 Family Coracinidae see Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935
                         45 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
                         46 Family †Amphistiidae Boulenger, 1902
                         47 Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 - spadefishes and batfishes
                         48 Family Platacidae see Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859
                         49 Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 - scats
                         50 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
                         51 Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 - oldwives
                         52 Family Histiopteridae see Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859
                         53 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
                         54 Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 - knifejaws
                         55 Family Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853 - surfperches
                         56 Family Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835 - cichlids
                         57 Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 - damselfishes and anemonefishes
                         58 Family Gadopridae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Gadopsidae
                         59 Family Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841 - hawkfishes
                         60 Family Chironemidae Gill, 1862 - kelpfishes
                         61 Family Aplodactylidae Günther, 1859 - marblefishes
                         62 Family Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850 - fingerfins
                         63 Family Latridae Gill, 1862 - trumpeters
                         64 Family Owstoniidae see Subfamily Owstoniinae Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder, 1913
                         65 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes
                         66 Family †Arambourgellidae Blot, 1981, nom. illeg. see Family Carangodidae Blot, 1969
                         67 Family Canctidae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876