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 Chondrostei Müller, 1844 see Subclass Chondrostei Müller, 1844
             Order †Perleidiformes Berg, 1937
               1 Family †Perleididae Brough, 1931
               2 Family †Cleithrolepidae Wade, 1935 see Family Cleithrolepididae Wade, 1935, nom. praeval.
               3 Family †Platysiagidae Brough, 1939
               4 Family †Cephaloxenidae Brough, 1939
               5 Family †Aethodontidae orth. inval. see Family Aetheodontidae Brough, 1939