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 Scopelomorpha see Subsection Myctophata Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                   Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
                     1 Suborder †Enchodontoidei (Berg, 1937) see Superfamily Enchodontoidea Woodward, 1901
                     2 Suborder †Cimolichthyoidei Goody, 1969 [monotypic] see Superfamily Enchodontoidea Woodward, 1901
                     3 Suborder †Halecoidei Goody, 1969 [monotypic]
                     4 Suborder Alepisauroidei see Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973
                     5 Suborder Aulopoidei see Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973
                     6 Suborder †Ichthyotringoidei Goody, 1969