Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
   Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
     Subphylum Craniata auct.
       Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
         Myopterygii Janvier, 1978 - myopterygians
           Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
             Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836 see Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
               Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                 Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                   Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                       Elopocephala Arratia, 1999 see Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996
                         Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                           Subdivision Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966 [monophyletic?] see Cohort Euteleostei Greenwood et al., 1966
                             Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 - neoteleosts see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                               Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973 - eurypterygians see Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                 Ctenosquamata - ctenosquamates see Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                   Acanthomorpha Rosen, 1973 - spiny-rayed fishes see Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                     Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                       Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                         Superorder Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969 see Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                           Series Percomorpha see Division Percomorphacea Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                             Order Perciformes Bleeker, 1859, sedis mutabilis - perches
                                               Suborder Percoidei Bleeker, 1859
                                                 Superfamily Percoidea Rafinesque, 1815
                                                   Family Sciaenidae Cuvier, 1829 - croakers and drums
                                                     01 Genus Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
                                                     02 Genus Atractoscion Gill, 1862
                                                     03 Genus Atrobucca Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963
                                                     04 Genus Bairdiella Gill, 1861
                                                     05 Genus Cheilotrema Tschudi, 1846
                                                     06 Genus Cynoscion Gill, 1861
                                                     07 Genus Equetus Rafinesque, 1815, nom. illeg. see Genus Eques Bloch, 1793
                                                     08 Genus Genyonemus Gill, 1861
                                                     09 Genus Johnius Bloch, 1793
                                                     10 Genus Larimus Cuvier, 1830
                                                     11 Genus Leiostomus Lacepède, 1802
                                                     12 Genus Menticirrhus Gill, 1861
                                                     13 Genus Micropogon Cuvier, 1830, nom. illeg. see Genus Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
                                                     14 Genus Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
                                                     15 Genus Ophioscion Gill, 1863 see Genus Stellifer Oken, 1817
                                                     16 Genus Otolithes Oken, 1817
                                                     17 Genus Otolithoides Fowler, 1933
                                                     18 Genus Paranebris Chao, Béarez & Robertson, 2001
                                                     19 Genus Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
                                                     20 Genus Protosciaena Sasaki, 1989
                                                     21 Genus Roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
                                                     22 Genus Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
                                                     23 Genus Sciaenops Gill, 1863
                                                     24 Genus Seriphus Ayres, 1860
                                                     25 Genus Stellifer Oken, 1817
                                                     26 Genus Umbrina Cuvier, 1816