Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
               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
                   Superorder Teleostei Bonaparte, 1836 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859 - perches
                       Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                         01 Family Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks
                         02 Family Serranidae Swainson, 1839 - sea basses
                         03 Family Grammistidae Bleeker, 1857 - soapfishes
                         04 Family Grammidae see Family Grammatidae Jordan, 1887
                         05 Family Theraponidae see Family Terapontidae Richardson, 1842
                         06 Family Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 - sunfishes and freshwater basses
                         07 Family Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - flagtails
                         08 Family Priacanthidae Günther, 1859 - bigeyes
                         09 Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 - cardinalfishes
                         10 Family Percidae Rafinesque, 1815 - perches and darters
                         11 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 - sillagos
                         12 Family Branchiostegidae see Family Malacanthidae Poey, 1861
                         13 Family Pomatomidae Gill, 1863 - bluefishes
                         14 Family Rachycentridae Gill, 1896 - cobias
                         15 Family Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1810 - remoras and sharksuckers
                         16 Family Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815 - jacks
                         17 Family Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815 - dolphinfishes
                         18 Family Lutianidae see Family Lutjanidae Gill, 1861
                         19 Family Nemipteridae Regan, 1913 - threadfin breams and spinycheeks
                         20 Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 - tripletails and tigerperches
                         21 Family Gerridae see Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859
                         22 Family Pomadasyidae see Family Haemulidae Gill, 1885
                         23 Family Lethrinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - emperor snappers
                         24 Family Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 - porgys and seabreams
                         25 Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                         26 Family Mullidae Rafinesque, 1815 - goatfishes
                         27 Family Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - moonies
                         28 Family Bathyclupeidae Gill, 1896 - deepsea herrings
                         29 Family Toxotidae Bleeker, 1859 - archerfishes
                         30 Family Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 - sea chubs
                         31 Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 - spadefishes and batfishes
                         32 Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 - scats
                         33 Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 - butterflyfishes
                         34 Family Nandidae Bleeker, 1852 - Asian leaffishes
                         35 Family Embiotocidae Agassiz, 1853 - surfperches
                         36 Family Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835 - cichlids
                         37 Family Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 - damselfishes and anemonefishes