Fishes
  
 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes
 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
    
 Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
      
 Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
        
 01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
        
 02 Family Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870 - Asiatic glassfishes
        
 03 Family Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 - temperate basses
        
 04 Family Acropomatidae Gill, 1893 - lanternbellies
        
 05 Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - white basses
        
 06 Family Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 - wreckfishes
        
 07 Family Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht, 1986 - cavebasses
        
 08 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
        
 09 Family Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 - shellskin alfonsinos
        
 10 Family Symphysanodontidae Katayama, 1984 - slopefishes
        
 11 Family Centrogeniidae nom. imperf.
 see Family Centrogenyidae Fowler, 1907
        
 12 Family Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel, 1849 - dottybacks
        
 13 Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887 - gramma basslets
        
 14 Family Callanthiidae Ogilby, 1899 - splendid perches
        
 15 Family Plesiopidae Günther, 1861 - roundheads
        
 16 Family Notograptidae
 see Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
        
 17 Family Opistognathidae Bonaparte, 1835 - jawfishes
        
 18 Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842 - grunters
        
 19 Family Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson, 1912 - banjofishes
        
 20 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
        
 21 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
        
 22 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
        
 23 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
        
 24 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
        
 25 Family Epigonidae Poey, 1861 - deepwater cardinalfishes
        
 26 Family Dinolestidae Whitley, 1948 - longfinned pikes
        
 27 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
        
 28 Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861 - tilefishes
        
 29 Family Lactariidae Boulenger, 1904 - false trevallies
        
 30 Family Scombropidae Gill, 1862 - gnomefishes
        
 31 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
        
 32 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
        
 33 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
        
 34 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
        
 35 Family Nematistiidae Gill, 1862 - roosterfishes
        
 36 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
        
 37 Family Menidae Fitzinger, 1873 - moonfishes
        
 38 Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 - ponyfishes
        
 39 Family Bramidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pomfrets
        
 40 Family Caristiidae Gill & Smith, 1905 - manefishes
        
 41 Family Arripidae Gill, 1893 - Australian salmons
        
 42 Family Emmelichthyidae Poey, 1867 - rovers
        
 43 Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861 - snappers
        
 44 Family Caesionidae - fusiliers
 see Subfamily Lutjaninae Gill, 1861
        
 45 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
        
 46 Family Coiidae - tigerperches
 see Family Datnioididae Fowler, 1931
        
 47 Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 - mojarras
        
 48 Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885 - grunts
        
 49 Family Inermiidae - bonnetmouths
 see Subfamily Haemulinae Gill, 1885
        
 50 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
        
 51 Family Centracanthidae Fowler, 1925 (1829)
 see Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818
        
 52 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
        
 53 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
        
 54 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
        
 55 Family Polynemidae Rafinesque, 1815 - threadfins
        
 56 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
        
 57 Family Pempheridae Bleeker, 1859 - sweepers
        
 58 Family Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson, 1911 - pearl perches
        
 59 Family Leptobramidae Ogilby, 1913 - beachsalmons
        
 60 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
        
 61 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
        
 62 Family Dichistiidae Smith, 1935 - galjoens
        
 63 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
        
 64 Family Parascorpididae Smith, 1949 - jutjaws
        
 65 Family Drepanidae - sicklefishes
 see Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872
        
 66 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
        
 67 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
        
 68 Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - angelfishes
        
 69 Family Enoplosidae Gill, 1893 - oldwives
        
 70 Family Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859 - armorheads
        
 71 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
        
 72 Family Oplegnathidae Bleeker, 1853 - knifejaws
        
 73 Family Cirrhitidae Macleay, 1841 - hawkfishes
        
 74 Family Chironemidae Gill, 1862 - kelpfishes
        
 75 Family Aplodactylidae Günther, 1859 - marblefishes
        
 76 Family Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte, 1850 - fingerfins
        
 77 Family Latridae Gill, 1862 - trumpeters
        
 78 Family Cepolidae Rafinesque, 1815 - bandfishes