Benutzer:Haplochromis/Systematik der Knochenfische

Eschmeyers Catalog of Fishes, November 2024

Class Myxini

Ordnung Myxiniformes
- - Familie Myxinidae Rafinesque 1815 (hagfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Rubicundinae Fernholm, Norén, Kullander, Quattrini et al. 2013 (reddish hagfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Eptatretinae Bonaparte 1850 (multi-gill hagfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Myxininae Rafinesque 1815 (hagfishes)

Class Petromyzonti

Ordnung Petromyzontiformes
- - Familie Petromyzontidae Bonaparte 1831 (lampreys)
  - Familie Geotriidae Gill 1893 (pouched lampreys)
  - Familie Mordaciidae Gill 1893 (southern topeyed lampreys)

Class Elasmobranchii

Ordnung Hexanchiformes
- - Familie Hexanchidae Gray 1851 (cow sharks)
  - Familie Chlamydoselachidae Garman 1884 (frill sharks)
Ordnung Heterodontiformes
- - Familie Heterodontidae Gray 1851 (bullhead sharks or horn sharks)
Ordnung Orectolobiformes
- - Familie Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle 1841 (whale sharks)
  - Familie Parascylliidae Gill 1862 (collared carpet sharks)
  - Familie Brachaeluridae Applegate 1974 (blind sharks)
  - Familie Orectolobidae Gill 1896 (wobbegongs)
  - Familie Hemiscylliidae Gill 1862 (bamboo sharks)
  - Familie Stegostomatidae Gill 1862 (zebra sharks)
  - Familie Ginglymostomatidae Gill 1862 (nurse sharks)
Ordnung Lamniformes
- - Familie Mitsukurinidae Jordan 1898 (goblin sharks)
  - Familie Carchariidae Müller & Henle 1838 (sand tigers)
  - Familie Odontaspididae Müller & Henle 1839 (sand tiger sharks)
  - Familie Pseudocarchariidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983 (crocodile sharks)
  - Familie Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983 (megamouth sharks)
  - Familie Alopiidae Bonaparte 1835 (thresher sharks)
  - Familie Cetorhinidae Gill 1861 (basking sharks)
  - Familie Lamnidae Bonaparte 1835 (mackerel sharks)
Ordnung Carcharhiniformes
- Unterordnung Scyliorhinoidei
  - Familie Scyliorhinidae Gill 1862 (catsharks)
- Unterordnung Carcharhinoidei
  - Familie Atelomycteridae White 1936 (coloured catsharks)
  - Familie Pentanchidae Smith 1912 (deepwater catsharks)
  - Familie Dichichthyidae White, Stewart, O'Neill & Naylor 2024 (bristle sharks)
  - Familie Pseudotriakidae Gill 1893 (false catsharks)
  - Familie Proscylliidae Fowler 1941 (finback catsharks)
  - Familie Leptochariidae Gray 1851 (barbeled houndsharks)
  - Familie Triakidae Gray 1851 (houndsharks)
    - Unterfamilie Triakinae Gray 1851 (smouth-hounds)
    - Unterfamilie Galeorhininae Gill 1862 (school sharks)
  - Familie Hemigaleidae Hasse 1878 (weasel sharks)
  - Familie Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann 1896 (requiem sharks)
  - Familie Galeocerdonidae Poey 1875 (tiger sharks)
  - Familie Sphyrnidae Bonaparte 1840 (hammerhead sharks)
Ordnung Squaliformes
- - Familie Dalatiidae Gray 1851 (kitefin sharks)
  - Familie Etmopteridae Fowler 1934 (lantern sharks)
  - Familie Somniosidae Jordan 1888 (sleeper sharks)
  - Familie Oxynotidae Gill 1863 (rough sharks)
  - Familie Centrophoridae Bleeker 1859 (gulper sharks)
  - Familie Squalidae Blainville 1816 (dogfish sharks)
Ordnung Echinorhiniformes
- - Familie Echinorhinidae Gill 1862 (bramble sharks)
Ordnung Pristiophoriformes
- - Familie Pristiophoridae Bleeker 1859 (saw sharks)
Ordnung Squatiniformes
- - Familie Squatinidae Blainville 1816 (angel sharks)
Ordnung Torpediniformes
- - Familie Platyrhinidae Jordan 1923 (thornbacks or fanrays)
  - Familie Narkidae Fowler 1934 (sleeper rays)
  - Familie Narcinidae Gill 1862 (electric rays)
  - Familie Hypnidae Gill 1862 (coffin rays)
  - Familie Torpedinidae Henle 1834 (torpedo electric rays or torpedo rays)
Ordnung Rhinopristiformes
- - Familie Trygonorrhinidae Last, Séret & Naylor 2016 (fiddler rays or banjo rays)
  - Familie Rhinobatidae Bonaparte 1835 (guitarfishes)
  - Familie Rhinidae Müller & Henle 1841 (bowmouth guitarfishes or wedgefishes)
  - Familie Glaucostegidae Last, Séret & Naylor 2016 (giant guitarfishes)
  - Familie Pristidae Bonaparte 1835 (sawfishes)
Ordnung Rajiformes
- - Familie Rajidae Blainville 1816 (hardnose skates)
  - Familie Arhynchobatidae Fowler 1934 (softnose skates or longtail skates)
  - Familie Gurgesiellidae de Buen 1959 (pygmy skates)
  - Familie Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart 1923 (legskates or smooth skates)
Ordnung Myliobatiformes
- - Familie Zanobatidae Fowler 1934 (panrays)
  - Familie Hexatrygonidae Heemstra & Smith 1980 (sixgill stingrays)
  - Familie Dasyatidae Jordan & Gilbert 1879 (whiptail stingrays)
    - Unterfamilie Dasyatinae Jordan & Gilbert 1879 (stingrays)
    - Unterfamilie Neotrygoninae Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto 2016 (shortsnout stingrays)
    - Unterfamilie Urogymninae Gray 1851 (whiprays)
    - Unterfamilie Hypolophinae Stromer 1910 (cowtail stingrays)
  - Familie Potamotrygonidae Garman 1877 (neotropical stingrays)
    - Unterfamilie Styracurinae Carvalho, Loboda & da Silva 2016 (whiptail stingrays)
    - Unterfamilie Potamotrygoninae Garman 1877 (river stingrays)
  - Familie Urotrygonidae McEachran, Dunn & Miyake 1996 (American round stingrays)
  - Familie Gymnuridae Fowler 1934 (butterfly rays)
  - Familie Plesiobatidae Nishida 1990 (deepwater stingrays or giant stingarees)
  - Familie Urolophidae Müller & Henle 1841 (round stingrays or stingarees)
  - Familie Aetobatidae Agassiz 1858 (pelagic eagle rays)
  - Familie Myliobatidae Bonaparte 1835 (eagle rays)
  - Familie Rhinopteridae Jordan & Evermann 1896 (cownose rays)
  - Familie Mobulidae Gill 1893 (mantas or devil rays)

Class Holocephali

Ordnung Chimaeriformes
- - Familie Callorhinchidae Garman 1901 (plownose chimaeras)
  - Familie Chimaeridae Rafinesque 1815 (shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
  - Familie Rhinochimaeridae Garman 1901 (longnose chimaeras)

Class Cladistii

Ordnung Polypteriformes
- - Familie Polypteridae Bonaparte 1835 (bichirs)

Class Actinopteri

Ordnung Acipenseriformes
- - Familie Acipenseridae Bonaparte 1831 (sturgeons)
  - Familie Polyodontidae Bonaparte 1835 (paddlefishes)
Ordnung Amiiformes
- - Familie Amiidae Bonaparte 1831 (bowfins)
Ordnung Lepisosteiformes
- - Familie Lepisosteidae Agassiz 1832 (gars)
Ordnung Hiodontiformes
- - Familie Hiodontidae Valenciennes 1847 (mooneyes)
Ordnung Osteoglossiformes
- - Familie Pantodontidae Peters 1876 (freshwater butterfly fishes)
  - Familie Osteoglossidae Bonaparte 1845 (bonytongues)
  - Familie Arapaimidae Bonaparte 1846 (arapaimas)
  - Familie Notopteridae Bleeker 1851 (featherfin knifefishes or featherbacks)
    - Unterfamilie Notopterinae Bleeker 1851 (Asiatic featherbacks)
    - Unterfamilie Xenomystinae Greenwood 1963 (African knifefishes)
  - Familie Mormyridae Bonaparte 1831 (elephantfishes)
  - Familie Gymnarchidae Bleeker 1859 (abas)
Ordnung Elopiformes
- - Familie Elopidae Valenciennes 1847 (tenpounders and ladyfishes)
  - Familie Megalopidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (tarpons)
Ordnung Albuliformes
- - Familie Albulidae Bleeker 1849 (bonefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Albulinae Bleeker 1849 (bonefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Pterothrissinae Gill 1893 (longfin bonefishes or deepwater bonefishes)
Ordnung Notacanthiformes
- - Familie Halosauridae Günther 1868 (halosaurs)
  - Familie Notacanthidae Rafinesque 1810 (deepsea spiny eels)
Ordnung Anguilliformes
- - Familie Chlopsidae Rafinesque 1815 (false morays)
- Unterordnung Synaphobranchoidei
  - Familie Protanguillidae Johnson, Ida & Miya 2011 (primitive cave eels)
  - Familie Synaphobranchidae Johnson 1862 (cutthroat eels)
    - Unterfamilie Simenchelyinae Gill 1879 (pugnose parasitic eels)
    - Unterfamilie Ilyophinae Jordan & Davis 1891 (arrowtooth eels or mustard eels)
    - Unterfamilie Synaphobranchinae Johnson 1862 (cutthroat eels)
- Unterordnung Anguilloidei
  - Familie Moringuidae Gill 1885 (spaghetti eels)
  - Familie Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810 (freshwater eels)
  - Familie Nemichthyidae Kaup 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels)
  - Familie Serrivomeridae Trewavas 1932 (sawtooth eels)
  - Familie Cyematidae Regan 1912 (bobtail eels)
  - Familie Monognathidae Trewavas 1937 (onejaw gulpers)
  - Familie Neocyematidae Poulsen, Miller, Sado, Hanel, Tsukamoto & Miya 2018 (orange bobtail eels)
  - Familie Eurypharyngidae Gill 1883 (gulper eels or pelican eels)
  - Familie Saccopharyngidae Bleeker 1859 (swallower eels or whiptail gulpers)
- Unterordnung Muraenoidei
  - Familie Heterenchelyidae Regan 1912 (mud eels)
  - Familie Myrocongridae Gill 1890 (myroconger eels)
  - Familie Muraenidae Rafinesque 1815 (moray eels)
    - Unterfamilie Uropterygiinae Fowler 1925 (tailfin moray eels)
    - Unterfamilie Muraeninae Rafinesque 1815 (morays)
- Unterordnung Congroidei
  - Familie Colocongridae Smith 1976 (shorttail eels)
  - Familie Derichthyidae Gill 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels)
  - Familie Ophichthidae Günther 1870 (snake eels and worm eels)
    - Unterfamilie Myrophinae Kaup 1856 (worm eels)
    - Unterfamilie Ophichthinae Günther 1870 (snake eels)
  - Familie Muraenesocidae Kaup 1859 (pike conger eels)
  - Familie Nettastomatidae Kaup 1859 (duckbill eels)
  - Familie Congridae Kaup 1856 (conger eels)
    - Unterfamilie Congrinae Kaup 1856 (congers)
    - Unterfamilie Bathymyrinae Böhlke 1949
    - Unterfamilie Heterocongrinae Günther 1870 (garden eels)
Ordnung Clupeiformes
- Unterordnung Denticipitoidei
  - Familie Denticipitidae Clausen 1959 (denticle herrings)
- Unterordnung Clupeoidei
  - Familie Spratelloididae Jordan 1925 (dwarf herrings or small round herrings)
  - Familie Engraulidae Gill 1861 (anchovies)
    - Unterfamilie Coiliinae Bleeker 1872 (Old World anchovies)
    - Unterfamilie Engraulinae Gill 1861 (anchovies)
  - Familie Clupeidae Cuvier 1816 (herrings and sprats)
  - Familie Chirocentridae Bleeker 1849 (wolf herrings)
  - Familie Dussumieriidae Gill 1861 (round herrings or rainbow sardines)
  - Familie Pristigasteridae Bleeker 1872 (longfin herrings)
  - Familie Ehiravidae Deraniyagala 1929 (river sprats)
  - Familie Alosidae Svetovidov 1952 (shads and sardines)
  - Familie Dorosomatidae Gill 1861 (thread herrings or gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Ordnung Alepocephaliformes
- - Familie Alepocephalidae Bonaparte 1846 (slickheads)
  - Familie Platytroctidae Koefoed 1927 (tubeshoulders)
Ordnung Gonorynchiformes
- - Familie Chanidae Günther 1868 (milkfishes)
  - Familie Gonorynchidae Fowler 1941 (1848) (beaked sandfishes)
  - Familie Kneriidae Günther 1868 (shellears)
  - Familie Phractolaemidae Boulenger 1901 (snake mudheads)
Ordnung Cypriniformes
- Unterordnung Gyrinocheiloidei
  - Familie Gyrinocheilidae Gill 1907 (algae eaters)
- Unterordnung Catostomoidei
  - Familie Catostomidae Agassiz 1850 (suckers)
    - Unterfamilie Myxocyprininae Fowler 1958 (Chinese suckers)
    - Unterfamilie Cycleptinae Gill 1861 (blue suckers)
    - Unterfamilie Ictiobinae Bleeker 1863 (carpsuckers and buffalos)
    - Unterfamilie Catostominae Agassiz 1850 (suckers)
- Unterordnung Cobitoidei
  - Familie Botiidae Berg 1940 (pointface loaches)
    - Unterfamilie Leptobotiinae Nalbant 2002 (Chinese pointface loaches)
    - Unterfamilie Botiinae Berg 1940 (beautiful loaches)
  - Familie Vaillantellidae Nalbant & Bănărescu 1977 (longfin loaches)
  - Familie Cobitidae Swainson 1838 (spined loaches)
  - Familie Barbuccidae Kottelat 2012 (scooter loaches)
  - Familie Gastromyzontidae Fowler 1905 (hillstream loaches)
  - Familie Serpenticobitidae Kottelat 2012 (snake loaches)
  - Familie Balitoridae Swainson 1839 (river loaches)
  - Familie Ellopostomatidae Bohlen & Šlechtová 2009 (square-head loaches)
  - Familie Nemacheilidae Regan 1911 (brook loaches)
- Unterordnung Cyprinoidei
  - Familie Paedocyprididae Mayden & Chen 2010 (tiny carps)
  - Familie Psilorhynchidae Hora 1926 (mountain carps)
  - Familie Cyprinidae Rafinesque 1815 (carps)
    - Unterfamilie Labeoninae Bleeker 1859 (labeonines)
    - Unterfamilie Probarbinae Yang et al. 2015 (primitive cyprinids)
    - Unterfamilie Torinae Karaman 1971 (large barbs)
    - Unterfamilie Smiliogastrinae Bleeker 1863 (small barbs)
    - Unterfamilie Cyprininae Rafinesque 1815 (carps)
    - Unterfamilie Acrossocheilinae Yang et al. 2015 (East Asian barbs)
    - Unterfamilie Barbinae Bleeker 1859 (barbels)
    - Unterfamilie Spinibarbinae Yang et al. 2015 (spine barbs)
    - Unterfamilie Schizothoracinae McClelland 1842 (snow barbels)
    - Unterfamilie Schizopygopsinae Mirza 1991 (mountain barbels)
  - Familie Sundadanionidae Mayden & Chen 2010 (tiny danios)
  - Familie Danionidae Bleeker 1863 (danionids)
    - Unterfamilie Chedrinae Bleeker 1863 (troutbarbs)
    - Unterfamilie Rasborinae Günther 1868 (rasborines)
    - Unterfamilie Danioninae Bleeker 1863 (danionines)
    - Unterfamilie Esominae Tan & Armbruster 2018 (flying barbs)
  - Familie Leptobarbidae Bleeker 1864 (cigar barbs)
  - Familie Xenocyprididae Günther 1868 (East Asian minnows or sharpbellies)
  - Familie Tincidae Jordan 1878 (tenches)
  - Familie Acheilognathidae Bleeker 1863 (bitterlings)
  - Familie Gobionidae Bleeker 1863 (freshwater gudgeons)
  - Familie Tanichthyidae Mayden & Chen 2010 (mountain minnows)
  - Familie Leuciscidae Bonaparte 1835 (minnows)
    - Unterfamilie Pseudaspininae Bogutskaya 1990 (Far East Asian leuciscines)
    - Unterfamilie Laviniinae Bleeker 1863 (western chubs)
    - Unterfamilie Plagopterinae Cope 1874 (creek chubs)
    - Unterfamilie Leuciscinae Bonaparte 1835 (leuciscines)
    - Unterfamilie Phoxininae Bleeker 1863 (phoxinines)
    - Unterfamilie Pogonichthyinae Girard 1858 (minnows & shiners)
Ordnung Gymnotiformes
- - Familie Apteronotidae Jordan 1923 (ghost knifefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Sternarchorhamphinae Albert 2001 (longsnout knifefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Apteronotinae Jordan 1923 (ghost knifefishes)
  - Familie Sternopygidae Cope 1871 (glass knifefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Sternopyginae Cope 1871 (rattail knifefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Eigenmanniinae Mago-Leccia 1978 (glass knifefishes)
  - Familie Gymnotidae Rafinesque 1815 (gymnotid eels)
    - Unterfamilie Electrophorinae Gill 1872 (electric eels)
    - Unterfamilie Gymnotinae Rafinesque 1815 (nakedback knifefishes)
  - Familie Hypopomidae Eigenmann 1912 (bluntnose knifefishes)
  - Familie Rhamphichthyidae Regan 1911 (painted knifefishes)
Ordnung Characiformes
- Unterordnung Citharinoidei
  - Familie Citharinidae Günther 1864 (citharinids)
  - Familie Distichodontidae Günther 1864 (distichodontids)
- Unterordnung Characoidei
  - Familie Crenuchidae Günther 1864 (crenuchids)
    - Unterfamilie Crenuchinae Günther 1864 (sailfin tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Characidiinae Fowler 1932 (South American darters)
  - Familie Alestidae Cockerell 1910 (African tetras)
  - Familie Lepidarchidae Melo & Stiassny 2024
  - Familie Hepsetidae Hubbs 1939 (African pikes)
  - Familie Tarumaniidae de Pinna, Zuanon, Rapp Py-Daniel & Petry 2017 (muckfishes)
  - Familie Erythrinidae Valenciennes 1847 (trahiras)
  - Familie Parodontidae Eigenmann 1910 (darter tetras)
  - Familie Cynodontidae Eigenmann 1903 (sabertoothed characids)
  - Familie Serrasalmidae Bleeker 1859 (piranhas and allies)
    - Unterfamilie Colossomatinae Kolmann et al. 2021 (lowland pacus)
    - Unterfamilie Myleinae Eigenmann 1903 (upland pacus)
    - Unterfamilie Serrasalminae Bleeker 1859 (piranhas)
  - Familie Hemiodontidae Bleeker 1859 (hemiodontids)
  - Familie Anostomidae Günther 1864 (toothed headstanders)
  - Familie Chilodontidae Eigenmann 1903 (headstanders)
  - Familie Curimatidae Gill 1858 (toothless characiforms)
  - Familie Prochilodontidae Eigenmann 1909 (bocachicos)
  - Familie Lebiasinidae Gill 1889 (lebiasinids)
    - Unterfamilie Lebiasininae Gill 1889 (lebiasinas)
    - Unterfamilie Pyrrhulininae Bleeker 1859 (splashing tetras and pencilfishes)
  - Familie Ctenoluciidae Schultz 1944 (pike characids)
  - Familie Chalceidae Fowler 1958 (tucanfishes)
  - Familie Triportheidae Fowler 1940 (hatchet characins)
    - Unterfamilie Triportheinae Fowler 1940 (keeled characines)
    - Unterfamilie Agoniatinae Bleeker 1859 (anchovy characines)
    - Unterfamilie Clupeacharacinae Fowler 1958 (herring characines)
  - Familie Gasteropelecidae Bleeker 1859 (freshwater hatchetfishes)
  - Familie Bryconidae Eigenmann 1912 (bryconids)
    - Unterfamilie Bryconinae Eigenmann 1912 (bryconines)
    - Unterfamilie Salmininae Cockerell 1915 (dorados)
  - Familie Iguanodectidae Eigenmann 1909 (iguanodectids)
  - Familie Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann 1912 (freshwater barracudas and biting tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Acestrorhynchinae Eigenmann 1912 (freshwater barracudas)
    - Unterfamilie Roestinae Lucena & Menezes 1998 (biting tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Heterocharacinae Géry 1966 (small biting tetras)
  - Familie Spintherobolidae Mirande 2019 (piquiras)
  - Familie Stevardiidae Gill 1858 (stevardiids)
    - Unterfamilie Landoninae Weitzman & Menezes 1998 (caudal sac characins)
    - Unterfamilie Xenurobryconinae Myers & Böhlke 1956 (xenurobryconines)
    - Unterfamilie Glandulocaudinae Eigenmann 1914 (chirping tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Argopleurinae Melo & Oliveira 2024 (Andean tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Hemibryconinae Géry 1966 (hemibryconines)
    - Unterfamilie Stevardiinae Gill 1858 (stevardiines)
    - Unterfamilie Planaltininae Oliveira & Souza 2024 (Brazilian Shield tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Creagrutinae Miles 1943 (creagrutines)
    - Unterfamilie Diapominae Eigenmann 1909
  - Familie Characidae Latreille 1825 (characids)
    - Unterfamilie Aphyocharacinae Eigenmann 1909 (glass characins)
    - Unterfamilie Cheirodontinae Eigenmann 1915 (cheirodontines)
    - Unterfamilie Exodontinae Fowler 1958 (lepidophagous characins)
    - Unterfamilie Tetragonopterinae Gill 1858
    - Unterfamilie Characinae Latreille 1825 (characines)
  - Familie Acestrorhamphidae Eigenmann 1907 (American tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Oxybryconinae Melo, Mattox & Oliveira 2024
    - Unterfamilie Trochilocharacinae Zarske 2010 (hummingbird characins)
    - Unterfamilie Stygichthyinae Géry 1972
    - Unterfamilie Megalamphodinae Carvalho, Lima & Melo 2024 (red tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Stichonodontinae Eigenmann 1910
    - Unterfamilie Stethaprioninae Eigenmann 1907 (discus tetras)
    - Unterfamilie Pristellinae Géry & Boutière 1964
    - Unterfamilie Jupiabinae Benine & Ota 2024
    - Unterfamilie Tyttobryconinae Mattox & Melo 2024
    - Unterfamilie Hyphessobryconinae Lima, Carvalho & Faria 2024 (multicusp characins)
    - Unterfamilie Thayeriinae Ota, Reia & Benine 2024
    - Unterfamilie Rhoadsiinae Fowler 1911 (Pacific characins)
    - Unterfamilie Grundulinae Fowler 1958
    - Unterfamilie Acestrorhamphinae Eigenmann 1907
  - Familie [[Characids incertae sedis
Ordnung Siluriformes
- Unterordnung Diplomystoidei
  - Familie Diplomystidae Eigenmann 1890 (diplomystid catfishes)
- Unterordnung Cetopsoidei
  - Familie Cetopsidae Bleeker 1858 (cetopsid catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cetopsinae Bleeker 1858 (whalelike catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Helogeninae Regan 1911 (marbled catfishes)
- Unterordnung Loricarioidei
  - Familie Nematogenyidae Bleeker 1862 (mountain catfishes)
  - Familie Trichomycteridae Bleeker 1858 (pencil catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Copionodontinae de Pinna 1992 (Chapada pencil catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Trichogeninae Isbrücker 1986 (longfin pencil catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Trichomycterinae Bleeker 1858 (pencil catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Microcambevinae Costa, Henschel & Katz 2020 (Atlantic Forest trichomycterids)
    - Unterfamilie Glanapteryginae Myers 1944 (miniature pencil catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Sarcoglanidinae Myers & Weitzman 1966 (psammophilic catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Tridentinae Eigenmann 1918 (tiny pencil catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Stegophilinae Günther 1864 (parasitic catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Vandelliinae Bleeker 1862 (hematophagous catfishes)
  - Familie Callichthyidae Bonaparte 1835 (callichthyid armored catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Callichthyinae Bonaparte 1835 (callichthyines)
    - Unterfamilie Corydoradinae Hoedeman 1952 (corys)
  - Familie Loricariidae Rafinesque 1815 (suckermouth armored catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Lithogeninae Gosline 1947 (climbing armored catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Delturinae Reis, Pereira & Armbruster 2006 (primitive suckermouth catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Rhinelepinae Armbruster 2004 (rhinelepine plecos)
    - Unterfamilie Loricariinae Rafinesque 1815 (mailed catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Hypoptopomatinae Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890 (cascudinhos)
    - Unterfamilie Hypostominae Kner 1853 (suckermouth catfishes)
  - Familie Scoloplacidae Bailey & Baskin 1976 (spiny dwarf catfishes)
  - Familie Astroblepidae Bleeker 1862 (climbing catfishes)
- Unterordnung Siluroidei
  - Familie Chacidae Bleeker 1858 (squarehead or angler catfishes)
  - Familie Plotosidae Bleeker 1858 (eeltail catfishes)
  - Familie Ritidae Bleeker 1862 (velvet catfishes)
  - Familie Ailiidae Bleeker 1858 (Asian schilbeids)
  - Familie Horabagridae Jayaram 2006 (imperial catfishes)
  - Familie Bagridae Bleeker 1858 (bagrid catfishes)
  - Familie Akysidae Gill 1861 (stream catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Akysinae Gill 1861 (wasp catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Parakysinae Roberts 1989 (warty catfishes)
  - Familie Amblycipitidae Day 1873 (torrent catfishes)
  - Familie Sisoridae Bleeker 1858 (sisorid catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Sisorinae Bleeker 1858 (Asian stream catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Glyptosterninae Gill 1861 (Asian sucker catfishes)
  - Familie Pangasiidae Bleeker 1858 (pangasid catfishes)
  - Familie Siluridae Rafinesque 1815 (sheatfishes)
  - Familie Kryptoglanidae Britz, Kakkassery & Raghavan 2014 (Indian cave catfishes)
  - Familie Aspredinidae Adams 1854 (banjo catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Pseudobunocephalinae Carvalho, Arce H., Reis & Sabaj 2018 (terminal-mouth banjo catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Hoplomyzontinae Fernández-Yépez 1950 (small banjo catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Aspredininae Adams 1854 (banjo cats)
  - Familie Auchenipteridae Bleeker 1862 (intromittant catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Centromochlinae Bleeker 1862 (dimorphic intromittant catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Auchenipterinae Bleeker 1862 (driftwood catfishes)
  - Familie Doradidae Bleeker 1858 (thorny catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Acanthodoradinae Sabaj & Mariangeles 2021
    - Unterfamilie Astrodoradinae Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski 2007 (spotted thorny cats)
    - Unterfamilie Wertheimerinae Birindelli 2014 (Eastern Brazil thorny cats)
    - Unterfamilie Agamyxinae Sabaj & Mariangeles 2021
    - Unterfamilie Rhinodoradinae Sabaj & Mariangeles 2021
    - Unterfamilie Doradinae Bleeker 1858 (fimbriate-barbel thorny cats)
  - Familie Heptapteridae Gill 1861 (seven-finned catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Rhamdiinae Bleeker 1862 (whiskered catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Heptapterinae Gill 1861 (slender whiskered catfishes)
  - Familie Phreatobiidae Reichel 1927 (cistern catfishes)
  - Familie Pimelodidae Bonaparte 1835 (long-whiskered catfishes)
  - Familie Pseudopimelodidae Fernández-Yépez & Antón 1966 (bumblebee catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Pseudopimelodinae Fernández-Yépez & Antón 1966
    - Unterfamilie Batrochoglaninae Shibatta & Silva 2021 (frog catfishes)
  - Familie Clariidae Bonaparte 1845 (airbreathing or labyrinth catfishes)
  - Familie Heteropneustidae Hora 1936 (airsac catfishes)
  - Familie Ariidae Bleeker 1858 (sea catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Galeichthyinae Acero & Betancur-R. 2007 (bearded sea catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Ariinae Bleeker 1858
    - Unterfamilie Bagreinae Schultz 1944 (whiskered sea catfishes)
  - Familie Anchariidae Glaw & Vences 1994 (Malagasy catfishes)
  - Familie Austroglanididae Mo 1991 (rock catlets)
  - Familie Cranoglanididae Myers 1931 (armorhead catfishes)
  - Familie Ictaluridae Gill 1861 (North American freshwater catfishes)
  - Familie Lacantuniidae Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg 2005 (Lacantún catfishes or Chiapas catfishes)
  - Familie Amphiliidae Regan 1911 (loach catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Amphiliinae Regan 1911 (amphiliine catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Leptoglaninae Roberts 2003 (sand catlets)
    - Unterfamilie Doumeinae Regan 1911 (doumeine catfishes)
  - Familie Malapteruridae Bleeker 1858 (electric catfishes)
  - Familie Mochokidae Regan 1912 (squeakers and upside-down catfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Chiloglanidinae Vigliotta 2008 (African suckermouths)
    - Unterfamilie Mochokinae Regan 1912 (squeakers)
  - Familie Auchenoglanididae Jayaram 1966 (flatnose catfishes)
  - Familie Claroteidae Bleeker 1862 (grunter catfishes)
  - Familie Schilbeidae Bleeker 1858 (schilbeid catfishes)
Ordnung Lepidogalaxiiformes
- - Familie Lepidogalaxiidae Rosen 1974 (salamanderfishes)
Ordnung Argentiniformes
- - Familie Argentinidae Bonaparte 1846 (argentines)
  - Familie Opisthoproctidae Schmidt 1918 (spookfishes or barreleyes)
  - Familie Microstomatidae Bleeker 1859 (pencilsmelts)
  - Familie Bathylagidae Gill 1884 (deepsea smelts)
Ordnung Salmoniformes
- Unterordnung Salmonoidei
  - Familie Salmonidae Cuvier 1816 (salmonids)
    - Unterfamilie Coregoninae Bonaparte 1845 (whitefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Thymallinae Gill 1885 (graylings)
    - Unterfamilie Salmoninae Cuvier 1816 (salmons, trouts, chars and allies)
- Unterordnung Esocoidei
  - Familie Esocidae Rafinesque 1815 (pikes)
    - Unterfamilie Dalliinae Jordan 1885 (blackfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Esocinae Rafinesque 1815 (pikes)
  - Familie Umbridae Bonaparte 1845 (mudminnows)
Ordnung Galaxiiformes
- - Familie Galaxiidae Müller 1845 (galaxiids)
    - Unterfamilie Aplochitoninae Günther 1864 (peladillas)
    - Unterfamilie Galaxiinae Müller 1845 (white bait and mudfishes)
Ordnung Osmeriformes
- Unterordnung Retropinnoidei
  - Familie Retropinnidae Gill 1862 (New Zealand smelts)
    - Unterfamilie Retropinninae Gill 1862 (southern smelts)
    - Unterfamilie Prototroctinae Hubbs 1952 (southern graylings)
- Unterordnung Osmeroidei
  - Familie Osmeridae Regan 1913 (smelts)
  - Familie Plecoglossidae Bleeker 1859 (ayu fishes)
  - Familie Salangidae Bleeker 1859 (icefishes or noodlefishes)
Ordnung Stomiiformes
- - Familie Gonostomatidae Cocco 1838 (bristlemouths)
  - Familie Sternoptychidae Duméril 1805 (marine hatchetfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Maurolicinae Gill 1885
    - Unterfamilie Sternoptychinae Duméril 1805 (marine hatchetfishes)
  - Familie Phosichthyidae Weitzman 1974 (lightfishes)
  - Familie Stomiidae Bleeker 1859 (dragonfishes or barbeled dragonfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Chauliodontinae Bonaparte 1845 (viperfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Stomiinae Bleeker 1859 (scaly dragonfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Astronesthinae Günther 1864 (snaggletooths)
    - Unterfamilie Melanostomiinae Parr 1927 (scaleless black dragonfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Malacosteinae Gill 1890 (loosejaws)
    - Unterfamilie Idiacanthinae Gill 1893 (black dragonfishes)
Ordnung Ateleopodiformes
- - Familie Ateleopodidae Bonaparte 1850 (jellynose fishes)
Ordnung Aulopiformes
- - Familie Aulopidae Bonaparte 1831 (flagfins)
  - Familie Chlorophthalmidae Garman 1899 (greeneyes)
  - Familie Paraulopidae Sato & Nakabo 2002 (cucumber fishes)
  - Familie Ipnopidae Gill 1884 (deepsea tripodfishes)
  - Familie Bathysauroididae Sato & Nakabo 2002 (largescale deepsea lizardfishes)
  - Familie Scopelarchidae Alcock 1896 (pearleyes)
  - Familie Notosudidae Parr 1928 (paperbones or waryfishes)
  - Familie Giganturidae Brauer 1906 (telescopefishes)
  - Familie Synodontidae Gill 1861 (lizardfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Synodontinae Gill 1861 (lizardfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Harpadontinae Bleeker 1875 (Bombay ducks)
  - Familie Bathysauridae Fowler 1944 (deepsea lizardfishes)
  - Familie Paralepididae Bonaparte 1835 (barracudinas)
  - Familie Anotopteridae Zugmayer 1911 (daggertooths)
  - Familie Evermannellidae Fowler 1901 (sabertooth fishes)
  - Familie Omosudidae Regan 1911 (hammerjaws)
  - Familie Alepisauridae Swainson 1839 (lancetfishes)
  - Familie Pseudotrichonotidae Yoshino & Araga 1975 (sand-diving lizardfishes)
Ordnung Myctophiformes
- - Familie Neoscopelidae Jordan 1901 (blackchins)
  - Familie Myctophidae Gill 1893 (lanternfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Gymnoscopelinae Paxton 1972 (luminous lanternfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Notolychninae Paxton 1972 (topside lanternfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Lampanyctinae Paxton 1972 (toothy lampfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Diaphinae Paxton 1972 (headlightfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Myctophinae Gill 1893 (lanternfishes)
Ordnung Lampriformes
- - Familie Lampridae Gill 1862 (opahs)
  - Familie Veliferidae Bleeker 1859 (velifers)
  - Familie Lophotidae Bonaparte 1845 (crestfishes)
  - Familie Radiicephalidae Osório 1917 (tapertails)
  - Familie Trachipteridae Swainson 1839 (ribbonfishes or dealfishes)
  - Familie Regalecidae Gill 1884 (oarfishes)
Ordnung Polymixiiformes
- - Familie Polymixiidae Bleeker 1859 (beardfishes)
Ordnung Percopsiformes
- - Familie Percopsidae Agassiz 1850 (trout-perches)
  - Familie Aphredoderidae Bonaparte 1845 (pirate perches)
  - Familie Amblyopsidae Bonaparte 1845 (cavefishes)
Ordnung Zeiformes
- - Familie Zeidae Rafinesque 1815 (dories)
  - Familie Cyttidae Günther 1860 (lookdown dories)
  - Familie Oreosomatidae Bleeker 1859 (oreos)
    - Unterfamilie Pseudocyttinae Tyler, O'Toole & Winterbottom 2003
    - Unterfamilie Oreosomatinae Bleeker 1859
  - Familie Parazenidae McAllister 1968 (smooth dories)
    - Unterfamilie Parazeninae McAllister 1968
    - Unterfamilie Cyttopsinae no valid family-group name description
  - Familie Zeniontidae Myers 1960 (dwarf dories or armoreye dories)
  - Familie Grammicolepididae Poey 1873 (tinselfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Macrurocyttinae Myers 1960
    - Unterfamilie Grammicolepidinae Poey 1873
Ordnung Gadiformes
- Unterordnung Stylephoroidei
  - Familie Stylephoridae Swainson 1839 (tube-eyes or threadtails)
- Unterordnung Bregmacerotoidei
  - Familie Bregmacerotidae Gill 1872 (codlets)
- Unterordnung Gadoidei
  - Familie Phycidae Swainson 1838 (phycid hakes)
  - Familie Gaidropsaridae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (rocklings)
  - Familie Lotidae Bonaparte 1835 (hakes and burbots)
  - Familie Gadidae Rafinesque 1810 (cods and haddocks)
- Unterordnung Ranicipitoidei
  - Familie Ranicipitidae Bonaparte 1835 (tadpole fishes)
- Unterordnung Merluccioidei
  - Familie Merlucciidae Rafinesque 1815 (merlucciid hakes)
- Unterordnung Macrouroidei
  - Familie Euclichthyidae Cohen 1984 (Eucla cods)
  - Familie Muraenolepididae Regan 1903 (eel cods)
  - Familie Melanonidae Goode & Bean 1896 (arrowtails or pelagic cods)
  - Familie Trachyrincidae Goode & Bean 1896 (armoured grenadiers)
  - Familie Moridae Moreau 1881 (codlings or deepsea cods)
  - Familie Macruronidae Regan 1903 (blue grenadiers)
  - Familie Lyconidae Günther 1887 (Atlantic hakes)
  - Familie Bathygadidae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (rattails)
  - Familie Steindachneriidae Parr 1942 (luminous hakes)
  - Familie Macrouridae Bonaparte 1831 (grenadiers or rattails)
Ordnung Trachichthyiformes
- - Familie Diretmidae Gill 1893 (spinyfins)
  - Familie Monocentridae Gill 1859 (pinecone fishes)
  - Familie Anomalopidae Gill 1889 (flashlightfishes or lanterneye fishes)
  - Familie Trachichthyidae Bleeker 1856 (roughies or slimeheads)
  - Familie Anoplogastridae Gill 1893 (fangtooths)
Ordnung Beryciformes
- Unterordnung Holocentroidei
  - Familie Holocentridae Bonaparte 1833 (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Holocentrinae Bonaparte 1833 (squirrelfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Myripristinae Nelson 1955 (soldierfishes)
- Unterordnung Berycoidei
  - Familie Berycidae Lowe 1839 (berycids or alfonsinos)
  - Familie Melamphaidae Gill 1893 (bigscales)
- Unterordnung Stephanoberycoidei
  - Familie Stephanoberycidae Gill 1884 (pricklefishes)
  - Familie Hispidoberycidae Kotlyar 1981 (spiny-scale pricklefishes)
  - Familie Gibberichthyidae Parr 1933 (gibberfishes)
  - Familie Rondeletiidae Goode & Bean 1895 (redmouth whalefishes)
  - Familie Barbourisiidae Parr 1945 (redvelvet whalefishes)
  - Familie Cetomimidae Goode & Bean 1895 (whalefishes or flabby whalefishes)
Ordnung Ophidiiformes
- - Familie Acanthonidae Wong & Chen 2024 (deepsea cusk-eels)
  - Familie Brotulidae Swainson 1838 (bearded cusk-eels)
  - Familie Ophidiidae Rafinesque 1810 (cusk-eels)
    - Unterfamilie Brotulotaeniinae Cohen & Nielsen 1978 (prickle cusk-eels)
    - Unterfamilie Ophidiinae Rafinesque 1810 (true cusk-eels)
    - Unterfamilie Neobythitinae Radcliffe 1913
  - Familie Carapidae Poey 1867 (pearlfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Carapinae Poey 1867 (fierasfers)
    - Unterfamilie Pyramodontinae Smith 1955 (pyramodontines)
    - Unterfamilie Tetragondacninae Anderson & Satria 2007 (square-mouthed pearlfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Hypopleuroninae Prokofiev 2004 (whiptail pearlfishes)
  - Familie Bythitidae Gill 1861 (viviparous brotulas)
  - Familie Dinematichthyidae Whitley 1928 (dwarf brotulas)
Ordnung Batrachoidiformes
- - Familie Batrachoididae Jordan 1896 (toadfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Porichthyinae Miranda Ribeiro 1915
    - Unterfamilie Thalassophryninae Miranda Ribeiro 1915 (venomous toadfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Batrachoidinae Jordan 1896
    - Unterfamilie Halophryninae Greenfield, Winterbottom & Collette 2008 (Old World threespine toadfishes)
Ordnung Gobiiformes
- Unterordnung Apogonoidei
  - Familie Kurtidae Bleeker 1859 (nurseryfishes)
  - Familie Apogonidae Günther 1859 (cardinalfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Apogoninae Günther 1859
    - Unterfamilie Pseudamiinae Smith 1954
    - Unterfamilie Amioidinae Fraser & Mabuchi 2014
    - Unterfamilie Paxtoninae Fraser & Mabuchi 2014
- Unterordnung Trichonotoidei
  - Familie Trichonotidae Günther 1861 (sand divers)
- Unterordnung Gobioidei
  - Familie Rhyacichthyidae Jordan 1905 (loach gobies)
  - Familie Odontobutidae Hoese & Gill 1993 (Asian freshwater sleepers)
  - Familie Eleotridae Bonaparte 1835 (sleepers)
    - Unterfamilie Butinae Bleeker 1874 (gudgeons)
    - Unterfamilie Eleotrinae Bonaparte 1835 (spinycheek sleepers or bullies)
    - Unterfamilie Milyeringinae Whitley 1945 (cave gudgeons)
  - Familie Xenisthmidae Miller 1973 (collared wrigglers)
  - Familie Oxudercidae Günther 1861 (mudskippers and allies)
    - Unterfamilie Oxudercinae Günther 1861 (mudskippers)
    - Unterfamilie Amblyopinae Günther 1861 (mudburrowing gobies)
    - Unterfamilie Gobionellinae Bleeker 1874 (estuarine gobies)
    - Unterfamilie Sicydiinae Gill 1860 (rock-climbing gobies)
  - Familie Gobiidae Cuvier 1816 (gobies)
    - Unterfamilie Kraemeriinae Whitley 1935 (1911) (sand darts)
    - Unterfamilie Ptereleotrinae Bleeker 1875 (dart-gobies)
    - Unterfamilie Gobiinae Cuvier 1816 (sea gobies)
    - Unterfamilie Microdesminae Regan 1912 (wormfishes)
  - Familie Thalasseleotrididae Gill & Mooi 2012 (ocean sleepers)
Ordnung Syngnathiformes
- Unterordnung Dactylopteroidei
  - Familie Pegasidae Bonaparte 1831 (seamoths)
  - Familie Dactylopteridae Gill 1861 (helmet gurnards or flying gurnards)
- Unterordnung Mulloidei
  - Familie Mullidae Rafinesque 1815 (goatfishes)
- Unterordnung Callionymoidei
  - Familie Callionymidae Bonaparte 1831 (dragonets)
  - Familie Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler 1903 (slope dragonets)
- Unterordnung Syngnathoidei
  - Familie Aulostomidae Rafinesque 1815 (trumpetfishes)
  - Familie Fistulariidae Stark 1828 (cornetfishes)
  - Familie Centriscidae Bonaparte 1831 (snipefishes or shrimpfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Macroramphosinae Bleeker 1879 (snipefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Centriscinae Bonaparte 1831 (shrimpfishes)
  - Familie Solenostomidae Nardo 1843 (ghost pipefishes)
  - Familie Syngnathidae Bonaparte 1831 (pipefishes and seahorses)
    - Unterfamilie Nerophinae Kaup 1853 (trunk-brooding pipefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Syngnathinae Bonaparte 1831 (tail-brooding pipefishes)
Ordnung Scombriformes
- Unterordnung Stromateoidei
  - Familie Amarsipidae Haedrich 1969 (bagless glassfishes or amarsipas)
  - Familie Centrolophidae Bonaparte 1846 (medusafishes)
  - Familie Nomeidae Günther 1860 (driftfishes)
  - Familie Tetragonuridae Risso 1827 (squaretails)
  - Familie Ariommatidae Haedrich 1967 (ariommas or ariommatids)
  - Familie Stromateidae Rafinesque 1810 (butterfishes)
- Unterordnung Scombroidei
  - Familie Pomatomidae Gill 1863 (bluefishes)
  - Familie Icosteidae Jordan & Gilbert 1880 (ragfishes)
  - Familie Arripidae Gill 1893 (Australian salmons)
  - Familie Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (swallowers)
  - Familie Scombridae Rafinesque 1815 (mackerels, tunas and bonitos)
    - Unterfamilie Gasterochismatinae Poey 1869 (kingfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Scombrinae Rafinesque 1815 (mackerels)
  - Familie Caristiidae Gill & Smith 1905 (manefishes)
  - Familie Bramidae Bonaparte 1831 (pomfrets)
  - Familie Scombrolabracidae Fowler 1925 (longfin escolars or black mackerels)
  - Familie Gempylidae Gill 1862 (snake mackerels)
  - Familie Trichiuridae Rafinesque 1810 (cutlassfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Aphanopodinae Gill 1863 (frostfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Lepidopodinae Gill 1863 (scabbardfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Trichiurinae Rafinesque 1810 (hairtails)
Ordnung Synbranchiformes
- Unterordnung Mastacembeloidei
  - Familie Mastacembelidae Swainson 1839 (freshwater spiny-eels)
  - Familie Chaudhuriidae Annandale 1918 (earthworm eels)
- Unterordnung Indostomoidei
  - Familie Indostomidae Prashad & Mukerji 1929 (armored sticklebacks)
- Unterordnung Synbranchoidei
  - Familie Synbranchidae Bonaparte 1835 (swamp eels)
Ordnung Anabantiformes
- Unterordnung Anabantoidei
  - Familie Anabantidae Bonaparte 1831 (climbing gouramies)
  - Familie Helostomatidae Gill 1872 (kissing gouramies)
  - Familie Osphronemidae van der Hoeven 1832 (gouramies)
    - Unterfamilie Belontiinae Liem 1962 (combtail gouramies)
    - Unterfamilie Osphroneminae van der Hoeven 1832 (giant gouramies)
    - Unterfamilie Luciocephalinae Bleeker 1852 (spiral egg gouramies)
    - Unterfamilie Trichogastrinae Bleeker 1879 (threadfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Macropodusinae Hoedeman 1948 (paradise fishes and fighting fishes)
- Unterordnung Channoidei
  - Familie Aenigmachannidae Britz, Dahanukar, Anoop, Philip, Clark, Raghavan & Rüber 2020 (Gollum snakehead fishes)
  - Familie Channidae Fowler 1934 (1831) (snakeheads)
- Unterordnung Nandoidei
  - Familie Nandidae Bleeker 1852 (Asian leaffishes)
  - Familie Badidae Barlow, Liem & Wickler 1968 (chameleon fishes)
  - Familie Pristolepididae Regan 1913 (mudperches)
Ordnung Carangiformes
- Unterordnung Centropomoidei
  - Familie Latidae Jordan 1888 (giant perches)
  - Familie Centropomidae Poey 1967 (snooks)
  - Familie Lactariidae Boulenger 1904 (false trevallies)
  - Familie Sphyraenidae Rafinesque 1815 (barracudas)
- Unterordnung Pleuronectoidei
  - Familie Polynemidae Rafinesque 1815 (threadfins or tassel-fishes)
  - Familie Psettodidae Regan 1910 (spiny turbots)
  - Familie Citharidae de Buen 1935 (largescale flounders)
  - Familie Scophthalmidae Chabanaud 1933 (turbots)
  - Familie Cyclopsettidae Campbell et al. 2019 (sand whiffs or large-tooth flounders)
  - Familie Bothidae Smitt 1892 (lefteye flounders)
  - Familie Paralichthyidae Regan 1910 (sand flounders)
  - Familie Pleuronectidae Rafinesque 1815 (righteye flounders)
    - Unterfamilie Atheresthinae Vinnikov, Thomson & Munroe 2018
    - Unterfamilie Pleuronichthyinae Vinnikov, Thomson & Munroe 2018
    - Unterfamilie Microstominae Cooper & Chapleau 1998 (smallmouth flounders)
    - Unterfamilie Hippoglossinae Gill 1864 (halibuts)
    - Unterfamilie Pleuronectinae Rafinesque 1815 (true flounders)
  - Familie Paralichthodidae Regan 1920 (peppered flounders)
  - Familie Oncopteridae Jordan & Goss 1889 (remo flounders)
  - Familie Rhombosoleidae Regan 1910 (South Pacific flounders)
  - Familie Achiropsettidae Heemstra 1990 (southern flounders or armless flounders)
  - Familie Achiridae Rafinesque 1815 (American soles)
  - Familie Samaridae Jordan & Goss 1889 (crested flounders)
  - Familie Poecilopsettidae Norman 1934 (bigeye flounders)
  - Familie Soleidae Bonaparte 1833 (soles)
  - Familie Cynoglossidae Jordan 1888 (tonguefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Symphurinae Ochiai 1963 (straightsnout tongue soles)
    - Unterfamilie Cynoglossinae Jordan 1888 (hookedsnout tongue soles)
- Unterordnung Toxotoidei
  - Familie Leptobramidae Ogilby 1913 (beachsalmons)
  - Familie Toxotidae Bleeker 1859 (archerfishes)
- Unterordnung Nematistioidei
  - Familie Nematistiidae Gill 1862 (roosterfishes)
- Unterordnung Menoidei
  - Familie Menidae Fitzinger 1873 (moonfishes)
  - Familie Xiphiidae Rafinesque 1815 (swordfishes)
  - Familie Istiophoridae Rafinesque 1815 (billfishes and marlins)
- Unterordnung Carangoidei
  - Familie Carangidae Rafinesque 1815 (jacks or jack mackerels)
    - Unterfamilie Naucratinae Bleeker 1859 (amberjacks)
    - Unterfamilie Caranginae Rafinesque 1815 (trevallies and kingfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Scomberoidinae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (leatherjackets and queenfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Trachinotinae Gill 1861 (pompanos)
  - Familie Echeneidae Rafinesque 1810 (remoras and sharksuckers)
  - Familie Rachycentridae Gill 1896 (cobias)
  - Familie Coryphaenidae Rafinesque 1815 (dolphinfishes)
Ordnung Atheriniformes
- - Familie Atherinidae Risso 1827 (Old World silversides)
    - Unterfamilie Atherinomorinae Dyer & Chernoff 1996 (tropical silversides)
    - Unterfamilie Atherininae Risso 1827 (silversides)
    - Unterfamilie Craterocephalinae Dyer & Chernoff 1996 (hardyheads)
    - Unterfamilie Bleheratherininae Aarn & Ivantsoff 2009 (New Caledonian silversides)
  - Familie Bedotiidae Jordan & Hubbs 1919 (Malagasy rainbowfishes)
  - Familie Melanotaeniidae Gill 1894 (rainbowfishes)
  - Familie Pseudomugilidae Kner 1867 (blue eyes)
  - Familie Telmatherinidae Munro 1958 (sailfin silversides)
  - Familie Notocheiridae Schultz 1950 (surf silversides)
  - Familie Isonidae Rosen 1964 (surf sardines)
  - Familie Atherionidae Schultz 1948 (pricklenose silversides)
  - Familie Dentatherinidae Patten & Ivantsoff 1983 (tusked silversides)
  - Familie Phallostethidae Regan 1916 (priapum fishes)
  - Familie Atherinopsidae Fitzinger 1873 (New World silversides)
    - Unterfamilie Atherinopsinae Fitzinger 1873 (neotropical silversides)
    - Unterfamilie Menidiinae Schultz 1948 (Gulf of Mexico silversides)
Ordnung Beloniformes
- - Familie Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1858 (sauries)
  - Familie Belonidae Bonaparte 1835 (needlefishes)
  - Familie Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 (halfbeaks)
  - Familie Zenarchopteridae Fowler 1934 (internally fertilized halfbeaks)
  - Familie Exocoetidae Risso 1827 (flyingfishes)
  - Familie Adrianichthyidae Weber 1913 (adrianichthyids)
    - Unterfamilie Oryziinae Myers 1938 (medakas or ricefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Adrianichthyinae Weber 1913 (adrianichthyines)
Ordnung Cyprinodontiformes
- Unterordnung Aplocheiloidei
  - Familie Aplocheilidae Bleeker 1859 (Old World rivulins)
  - Familie Nothobranchiidae Garman 1895 (African rivulins)
  - Familie Rivulidae Myers 1925 (New World rivulins)
    - Unterfamilie Rivulinae Myers 1925 (rivulines)
    - Unterfamilie Kryptolebiatinae Costa 2004 (mangrove killifishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cynolebiinae Hoedeman 1961 (pearl killifishes)
- Unterordnung Cyprinodontoidei
  - Familie Pantanodontidae Myers 1955 (spine killifishes)
  - Familie Fundulidae Günther 1866 (topminnows and killifishes)
  - Familie Cyprinodontidae Wagner 1828 (killifishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cubanichthyinae Parenti 1981 (island pupfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cyprinodontinae Wagner 1828 (pupfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Orestiinae Bleeker 1859 (Andean killifishes)
  - Familie Profundulidae Hoedeman & Bronner 1951 (Middle American killifishes)
  - Familie Goodeidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (splitfins)
    - Unterfamilie Empetrichthyinae Jordan, Evermann & Clark 1930 (springfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Goodeinae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (Mexican splitfins)
  - Familie Fluviphylacidae Roberts 1970 (American lampeyes)
  - Familie Poeciliidae Bonaparte 1831 (poeciliids)
    - Unterfamilie Xenodexiinae Hubbs 1950 (Guatemalan poeciliids)
    - Unterfamilie Tomeurinae Eigenmann 1912 (facultative viviparous poeciliids)
    - Unterfamilie Poeciliinae Bonaparte 1831 (livebearers)
  - Familie Anablepidae Bonaparte 1831 (four-eyed fishes and onesided livebearers)
    - Unterfamilie Anablepinae Bonaparte 1831 (four-eyed fishes)
    - Unterfamilie Oxyzygonectinae Parenti 1981 (white-eyes)
  - Familie Aphaniidae Hoedeman 1949 (Oriental killifishes)
  - Familie Valenciidae Parenti 1981 (European killifishes)
  - Familie Procatopodidae Fowler 1916 (African lampeyes)
    - Unterfamilie Aplocheilichthyinae Myers 1928 (banded lampeyes)
    - Unterfamilie Procatopodinae Fowler 1916 (lampeyes)
Ordnung Cichliformes
- - Familie Polycentridae Gill 1858 (leaffishes)
  - Familie Cichlidae Bonaparte 1835 (cichlids)
    - Unterfamilie Etroplinae Kullander 1998 (Indian and Madagascan cichlids)
    - Unterfamilie Ptychochrominae Sparks 2004 (Malagasy cichlids)
    - Unterfamilie Pseudocrenilabrinae Fowler 1934 (African cichlids)
    - Unterfamilie Cichlinae Bonaparte 1835 (American cichlids)
  - Familie Pholidichthyidae Jordan 1896 (convict-blennies)
Ordnung Mugiliformes
- - Familie Ambassidae Klunzinger 1870 (Asiatic glassfishes)
  - Familie Mugilidae Jarocki 1822 (mullets)
Ordnung Blenniiformes
- - Familie Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel 1849 (dottybacks)
    - Unterfamilie Pseudochrominae Müller & Troschel 1849
    - Unterfamilie Pseudoplesiopinae Bleeker 1875
    - Unterfamilie Anisochrominae Smith 1954
    - Unterfamilie Congrogadinae Günther 1862 (eelblennies)
    - Unterfamilie Assiculinae Gill 2013
    - Unterfamilie Assiculoidinae Gill 2013
  - Familie Plesiopidae Günther 1861 (roundheads)
    - Unterfamilie Plesiopinae Günther 1861
    - Unterfamilie Acanthoclininae Günther 1861 (spiny basslets)
  - Familie Pomacentridae Bonaparte 1831 (damselfishes and anemonefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Microspathodontinae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (giant damselfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Chrominae Bonaparte 1831 (chromises)
    - Unterfamilie Glyphisodontinae Rafinesque 1815 (sergeants majors)
    - Unterfamilie Pomacentrinae Bonaparte 1831 (anemonefishes or clownfishes)
  - Familie Embiotocidae Agassiz 1853 (surfperches)
  - Familie Grammatidae Jordan 1887 (gramma basslets)
  - Familie Opistognathidae Bonaparte 1835 (jawfishes)
- Unterordnung Gobiesocoidei
  - Familie Gobiesocidae Bleeker 1859 (clingfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Diplocrepinae Briggs 1955
    - Unterfamilie Lepadogastrinae Canestrini 1871-72
    - Unterfamilie Chorisochisminae Briggs 1955
    - Unterfamilie Haplocylicinae Briggs 1955
    - Unterfamilie Protogobiesocinae Fricke, Chen & Chen 2016 (ancestral clingfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cheilobranchinae Günther 1870 (shore-eels)
    - Unterfamilie Trachelochisminae Briggs 1955
    - Unterfamilie Diademichthyinae Whitley 1950
    - Unterfamilie Gobiesocinae Bleeker 1859 (New World clingfishes)
- Unterordnung Blennioidei
  - Familie Tripterygiidae Whitley 1931 (triplefins or threefin blennies)
    - Unterfamilie Notoclininae Fricke 2009
    - Unterfamilie Tripterygiinae Whitley 1931
  - Familie Blenniidae Rafinesque 1810 (combtooth blennies)
    - Unterfamilie Blenniinae Rafinesque 1810 (blennies)
    - Unterfamilie Salariinae Gill 1859 (salariin blennies)
  - Familie Clinidae Swainson 1839 (kelp blennies)
  - Familie Labrisomidae Clark Hubbs 1952 (labrisomid blennies)
  - Familie Chaenopsidae Gill 1865 (pikeblennies or tube blennies)
  - Familie Dactyloscopidae Gill 1859 (sand stargazers)
Ordnung Perciformes
- Unterordnung Percoidei
  - Familie Serranidae Swainson 1839 (sea basses)
  - Familie Anthiadidae Poey 1861 (fairy basslets or streamer basses)
  - Familie Epinephelidae Bleeker 1874 (groupers)
  - Familie Liopropomatidae Poey 1867 (painted basslets)
    - Unterfamilie Liopropomatinae Poey 1867
    - Unterfamilie Diploprioninae Bleeker 1874 (barred soapfishes)
  - Familie Grammistidae Bleeker 1857 (soapfishes)
  - Familie Percidae Rafinesque 1815 (perches and darters)
    - Unterfamilie Percinae Rafinesque 1815 (freshwater perches)
    - Unterfamilie Luciopercinae Jordan & Evermann 1896 (pikeperches and Danube perches)
    - Unterfamilie Etheostomatinae Agassiz 1850 (North American darters)
  - Familie Niphonidae Jordan 1923 (Ara groupers)
  - Familie Trachinidae Rafinesque 1815 (weeverfishes)
  - Familie Bembropidae Regan 1913 (flatheads or duckbill flatheads)
- Unterordnung Notothenioidei
  - Familie Percophidae Swainson 1839 (Brazilian flatheads)
  - Familie Bovichtidae Gill 1862 (thornfishes)
  - Familie Pseudaphritidae McCulloch 1929 (congollis)
  - Familie Eleginopidae Gill 1893 (Patagonian blennies or Falkland Islands blennies)
  - Familie Nototheniidae Günther 1861 (cod icefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Pleuragrammatinae Andersen & Hureau 1979
    - Unterfamilie Nototheniinae Günther 1861 (notothens)
    - Unterfamilie Trematominae Balushkin 1982
  - Familie Harpagiferidae Gill 1861 (plunderfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Harpagiferinae Gill 1861 (spiny plunderfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Artedidraconinae Andriashev 1967 (barbeled plunderfishes)
  - Familie Bathydraconidae Regan 1913 (Antarctic dragonfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Bathydraconinae Regan 1913
    - Unterfamilie Gymnodraconinae Andriashev 1983
    - Unterfamilie Cygnodraconinae no valid family-group name description
  - Familie Channichthyidae Gill 1861 (crocodile icefishes)
- Unterordnung Scorpaenoidei
  - Familie Platycephalidae Swainson 1839 (flatheads)
  - Familie Hoplichthyidae Kaup 1873 (spiny flatheads)
  - Familie Triglidae Rafinesque 1815 (searobins)
    - Unterfamilie Prionotinae Kaup 1873 (spiny searobins)
    - Unterfamilie Peristediinae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (armored gurnards)
    - Unterfamilie Pterygotriglinae Fowler 1938 (spotted gurnards)
    - Unterfamilie Triglinae Rafinesque 1815 (gurnards)
  - Familie Bembridae Kaup 1873 (deepwater flatheads)
  - Familie Synanceiidae Swainson 1839 (stonefishes)
    - Unterfamilie Apistinae Gill 1859 (wasp scorpionfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Perryeninae Honma, Imamura & Kawai 2013 (whitenose pigfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Eschmeyerinae Mandrytsa 2001 (cofishes)
    - Unterfamilie Gnathanacanthinae Gill 1892 (red velvetfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Aploactininae Jordan & Starks 1904 (velvetfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Pataecinae Gill 1872 (prowfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Tetraroginae Smith 1949 (waspfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Choridactylinae Kaup 1859 (stingers)
    - Unterfamilie Synanceiinae Swainson 1839 (stonefishes)
  - Familie Neosebastidae Matsubara 1943 (gurnard scorpionfishes)
  - Familie Plectrogeniidae Fowler 1938 (stinger flatheads)
  - Familie Scorpaenidae Risso 1827 (scorpionfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Scorpaeninae Risso 1827 (scorpionfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Caracanthinae Gill 1885 (coral crouchers)
    - Unterfamilie Pteroinae Kaup 1873 (turkeyfishes and lionfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Setarchinae Matsubara 1943 (deepsea bristly scorpionfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Sebastolobinae Matsubara 1943 (thornyheads)
    - Unterfamilie Sebastinae Kaup 1873 (rockfishes)
  - Familie Congiopodidae Gill 1889 (racehorses or pigfishes)
  - Familie Zanclorhynchidae Andriashev 1993 (horsefishes)
  - Familie Normanichthyidae Clark 1937 (barehead scorpionfishes)
- Unterordnung Cottoidei
  - Familie Anoplopomatidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (sablefishes)
  - Familie Zaniolepididae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (combfishes)
  - Familie Hexagrammidae Jordan 1888 (greenlings)
    - Unterfamilie Hexagramminae Jordan 1888 (greenlings)
    - Unterfamilie Pleurogramminae Rutenberg 1954 (Atka mackerels)
    - Unterfamilie Ophiodontinae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (lingcods)
    - Unterfamilie Oxylebiinae Gill 1862 (painted greenlings)
  - Familie Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (horsehead sculpins or grunt sculpins)
  - Familie Jordaniidae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (longfin sculpins)
  - Familie Cottidae Bonaparte 1831 (sculpins)
  - Familie Psychrolutidae Günther 1861 (marine sculpins)
  - Familie Agonidae Swainson 1839 (poachers)
    - Unterfamilie Agoninae Swainson 1839 (sturgeon poachers)
    - Unterfamilie Anoplagoninae Gill 1861 (alligator fishes)
    - Unterfamilie Bathyagoninae Lindberg 1971 (starsnouts)
    - Unterfamilie Brachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (uppermouth poachers)
    - Unterfamilie Hypsagoninae Gill 1861 (dragon poachers)
    - Unterfamilie Bothragoninae Lindberg 1971 (rockheads)
    - Unterfamilie Hemitripterinae Gill 1865 (sailfin sculpins)
  - Familie Trichodontidae Bleeker 1859 (sandfishes)
  - Familie Cyclopteridae Bonaparte 1831 (lumpfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cyclopterinae Bonaparte 1831 (lumpsuckers)
    - Unterfamilie Liparopsinae Garman 1892 (smooth lumpsuckers)
    - Unterfamilie Eumicrotreminae Oku, Imamura & Yabe 2017 (spiny lumpsuckers)
  - Familie Liparidae Gill 1861 (snailfishes)
- Unterordnung Gasterosteoidei
  - Familie Hypoptychidae Steindachner 1880 (sand-eels)
  - Familie Gasterosteidae Bonaparte 1831 (sticklebacks)
  - Familie Aulorhynchidae Gill 1861 (tubesnouts)
- Unterordnung Zoarcoidei
  - Familie Zoarcidae Swainson 1839 (eelpouts)
    - Unterfamilie Lycodinae Gill 1861
    - Unterfamilie Lycozoarcinae Andriashev 1939
    - Unterfamilie Zoarcinae Swainson 1839 (eelpouts)
    - Unterfamilie Gymnelinae Gill 1863 (pouts)
  - Familie Anarhichadidae Bonaparte 1835 (wolffishes)
  - Familie Neozoarcidae Jordan & Snyder 1902
  - Familie Eulophiidae Smith 1902
  - Familie Stichaeidae Gill 1864 (pricklebacks)
    - Unterfamilie Stichaeinae Gill 1864
    - Unterfamilie Chirolophinae Jordan & Evermann 1898
    - Unterfamilie Alectriinae Makushok 1958 (cockscombs)
    - Unterfamilie Xiphisterinae Jordan 1880
  - Familie Lumpenidae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (eel pricklebacks)
  - Familie Opisthocentridae Jordan & Evermann 1898
  - Familie Pholidae Gill 1893 (gunnels)
    - Unterfamilie Pholinae Gill 1893 (pigmented gunnels)
    - Unterfamilie Apodichthyinae Hubbs 1927 (penpoint gunnels)
  - Familie Ptilichthyidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (quillfishes)
  - Familie Zaproridae Jordan 1896 (prowfishes)
  - Familie Cryptacanthodidae Gill 1861 (wrymouths)
  - Familie Cebidichthyidae Gill 1862 (monkeyface pricklebacks)
  - Familie Scytalinidae Jordan & Starks 1895 (graveldivers)
  - Familie Bathymasteridae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 (ronquils)
Ordnung Centrarchiformes
- Unterordnung Percalatoidei
  - Familie [["Percalates-clade" (Australian basses)
- Unterordnung Terapontoidei
  - Familie Girellidae Gill 1862 (nibblers)
  - Familie Scorpididae Günther 1860 (halfmoons)
  - Familie Kyphosidae Jordan 1887 (sea chubs)
  - Familie Kuhliidae Jordan & Evermann 1896 (flagtails or aholeholes)
  - Familie Terapontidae Richardson 1842 (grunters or tigerfishes)
  - Familie Dichistiidae Smith 1935 (galjoens)
  - Familie Oplegnathidae Bleeker 1853 (knifejaws)
  - Familie Caesioscorpididae Parenti & Randall 2020 (blowhole perches)
  - Familie Microcanthidae Bleeker 1876 (stripeys)
- Unterordnung Centrarchoidei
  - Familie Centrarchidae Bleeker 1859 (sunfishes and freshwater basses)
    - Unterfamilie Centrarchinae Bleeker 1859
    - Unterfamilie Lepominae Gill 1864
  - Familie Elassomatidae Jordan 1877 (pygmy sunfishes)
  - Familie Sinipercidae Jordan & Richardson 1910 (Chinese perches)
  - Familie Enoplosidae Gill 1893 (oldwives)
  - Familie Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann 1890 (temperate basses)
  - Familie Perciliidae Jordan 1923 (southern basses)
  - Familie Parascorpididae Smith 1949 (jutjaws)
- Unterordnung Cirrhitioidei
  - Familie Cirrhitidae Macleay 1841 (hawkfishes)
  - Familie Chironemidae Gill 1862 (kelpfishes)
  - Familie Aplodactylidae Günther 1859 (marblefishes)
  - Familie Cheilodactylidae Bonaparte 1850 (fingerfins)
  - Familie Latridae Gill 1862 (trumpeters)
Ordnung Labriformes
- Unterordnung Labroidei
  - Familie Centrogenyidae Fowler 1907 (false scorpionfishes)
  - Familie Labridae Cuvier 1816 (wrasses)
  - Familie Odacidae Günther 1861 (cales)
- Unterordnung Uranoscopoidei
  - Familie Ammodytidae Bonaparte 1835 (sand lances)
  - Familie Uranoscopidae Bonaparte 1831 (stargazers)
  - Familie Leptoscopidae Gill 1859 (southern sandfishes)
  - Familie Pinguipedidae Günther 1860 (sandperches)
  - Familie Cheimarrichthyidae Regan 1913 (New Zealand torrentfishes)
Ordnung Acropomatiformes
- - Familie Scombropidae Gill 1862 (gnomefishes)
  - Familie Ostracoberycidae Fowler 1934 (shellskin alfonsinos)
  - Familie Acropomatidae Gill 1893 (lanternbellies)
  - Familie Symphysanodontidae Katayama 1984 (slopefishes)
  - Familie Epigonidae Poey 1861 (deepwater cardinalfishes)
  - Familie Howellidae Ogilby 1899 (lanternbellies or oceanic basslets)
  - Familie Polyprionidae Bleeker 1874 (wreckfishes)
  - Familie Lateolabracidae Ghedotti, Davis and Smith 2018 (Asian seaperches)
  - Familie Glaucosomatidae Jordan & Thompson 1911 (pearl perches)
  - Familie Pempheridae Bleeker 1859 (sweepers)
  - Familie Dinolestidae Whitley 1948 (longfinned pikes)
  - Familie Stereolepididae Smith, Ghedotti & Davis 2022 (giant sea basses)
  - Familie Banjosidae Jordan & Thompson 1912 (banjofishes)
  - Familie Pentacerotidae Bleeker 1859 (armorheads)
    - Unterfamilie Histiopterinae Bleeker 1876 (sailfin armorheads)
    - Unterfamilie Pentacerotinae Bleeker 1859
  - Familie Malakichthyidae Jordan & Richardson 1910 (temperate ocean-basses)
  - Familie Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder 1902 (gapers)
  - Familie Hemerocoetidae Kaup 1873 (Indo-Pacific duckbills)
  - Familie Creediidae Waite 1899 (sand burrowers)
  - Familie Synagropidae Smith 1961 (splitfin ocean-basses)
  - Familie Bathyclupeidae Gill 1896 (deepsea herrings)
Ordnung Acanthuriformes
- - Familie Gerreidae Bleeker 1859 (mojarras)
  - Familie Sillaginidae Richardson 1846 (sillagos)
  - Familie Moronidae Jordan & Evermann 1896 (white basses or temperate basses)
  - Familie Drepaneidae Gill 1872 (sicklefishes)
  - Familie Ephippidae Bleeker 1859 (spadefishes and batfishes)
  - Familie Sciaenidae Cuvier 1829 (croakers and drums)
  - Familie Dinopercidae Heemstra & Hecht 1986 (cavebasses)
  - Familie Haemulidae Gill 1885 (grunts)
    - Unterfamilie Haemulinae Gill 1885
    - Unterfamilie Plectorhinchinae Jordan & Thompson 1912 (sweetlips)
  - Familie Lobotidae Gill 1861 (tripletails and tigerperches)
  - Familie Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (moonies)
  - Familie Emmelichthyidae Poey 1867 (rovers)
  - Familie Lutjanidae Gill 1861 (snappers)
    - Unterfamilie Apsilinae Johnson 1980
    - Unterfamilie Etelinae Gill 1893 (snappers)
    - Unterfamilie Paradicichthyinae Whitley 1930 (sailfin snappers)
    - Unterfamilie Lutjaninae Gill 1861 (snappers & fusiliers)
  - Familie Malacanthidae Poey 1861 (tilefishes or sand tilefishes)
  - Familie Latilidae Gill 1862 (deepwater tilefishes)
  - Familie Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (angelfishes)
  - Familie Chaetodontidae Rafinesque 1815 (butterflyfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Heniochinae Kaup 1860 (bannerfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Chaetodontinae Rafinesque 1815 (butterflyfishes)
  - Familie Leiognathidae Gill 1893 (ponyfishes or slipmouths)
    - Unterfamilie Leiognathinae Gill 1893
    - Unterfamilie Gazzinae Chakrabarty & Sparks 2015
  - Familie Luvaridae Gill 1885 (luvars)
  - Familie Zanclidae Bleeker 1876 (Moorish idols)
  - Familie Acanthuridae Bonaparte 1835 (surgeonfishes and unicornfishes)
  - Familie Callanthiidae Ogilby 1899 (splendid perches)
  - Familie Nemipteridae Regan 1913 (threadfin breams and spinycheeks)
  - Familie Lethrinidae Bonaparte 1831 (emperor snappers)
    - Unterfamilie Lethrininae Bonaparte 1831 (emperors)
    - Unterfamilie Monotaxinae Akazaki 1961 (big-eye seabreams)
  - Familie Sparidae Rafinesque 1818 (porgys and seabreams)
  - Familie Siganidae Richardson 1837 (rabbitfishes)
  - Familie Scatophagidae Gill 1883 (scats)
  - Familie Cepolidae Rafinesque 1815 (bandfishes)
    - Unterfamilie Cepolinae Rafinesque 1815
    - Unterfamilie Owstoniinae Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913
  - Familie Priacanthidae Günther 1859 (bigeyes)
  - Familie Caproidae Bonaparte 1835 (boarfishes)
  - Familie Antigoniidae Jordan & Evermann 1898 (deepwater boarfishes)
Ordnung Lophiiformes
- Unterordnung Lophioidei
  - Familie Lophiidae Rafinesque 1810 (goosefishes or monkfishes)
- Unterordnung Ogcocephaloidei
  - Familie Ogcocephalidae Gill 1893 (batfishes)
- Unterordnung Antennarioidei
  - Familie Rhycheridae Hart, Arnold, Alda, Kenaley, Pietsch, Hutchinson & Chakrabarty 2022 (Balrog frogfishes)
  - Familie Brachionichthyidae Gill 1863 (warty anglerfishes)
  - Familie Antennariidae Jarocki 1822 (Fibonacci frogfishes)
  - Familie Histiophrynidae Arnold & Pietsch 2012 (starfingered frogfishes)
  - Familie Tathicarpidae Hart, Arnold, Alda, Kenaley, Pietsch, Hutchinson & Chakrabarty 2022 (longfin frogfishes)
  - Familie Tetrabrachiidae Regan 1912 (tetrabrachiid frogfishes)
  - Familie Lophichthyidae Boeseman 1964 (lophichthyid frogfishes)
- Unterordnung Chaunacoidei
  - Familie Chaunacidae Gill 1863 (gapers or sea toads)
- Unterordnung Ceratioidei
  - Familie Caulophrynidae Goode & Bean 1896 (fanfins)
  - Familie Neoceratiidae Regan 1926 (needlebeard seadevils or spiny seadevils)
  - Familie Melanocetidae Gill 1878 (black seadevils)
  - Familie Himantolophidae Gill 1861 (footballfishes)
  - Familie Diceratiidae Regan & Trewavas 1932 (doublespine seadevils)
  - Familie Oneirodidae Gill 1878 (dreamers)
  - Familie Thaumatichthyidae Smith & Radcliffe 1912 (wolftrap seadevils)
  - Familie Centrophrynidae Bertelsen 1951 (prickly seadevils)
  - Familie Ceratiidae Gill 1861 (seadevils)
  - Familie Gigantactinidae Boulenger 1904 (whipnose seadevils)
  - Familie Linophrynidae Regan 1925 (leftvent seadevils)
Ordnung Tetraodontiformes
- Unterordnung Triacanthodoidei
  - Familie Triacanthodidae Gill 1862 (spikefishes)
  - Familie Triacanthidae Bleeker 1859 (triplespines)
- Unterordnung Tetraodontoidei
  - Familie Triodontidae Bleeker 1859 (threetooth puffers)
  - Familie Molidae Bonaparte 1832 (molas or ocean sunfishes)
  - Familie Diodontidae Billberg 1833 (porcupinefishes and burrfishes)
  - Familie Tetraodontidae Bonaparte 1831 (puffers)
- Unterordnung Balistoidei
  - Familie Aracanidae Hollard 1860 (deepwater boxfishes)
  - Familie Ostraciidae Rafinesque 1810 (boxfishes)
  - Familie Monacanthidae Nardo 1843 (filefishes)
  - Familie Balistidae Rafinesque 1810 (triggerfishes)

Class Coelacanthi

Ordnung Coelacanthiformes
- - Familie Latimeriidae Berg 1940 (coelacanths)

Class Dipneusti

Ordnung Ceratodontiformes
- - Familie Neoceratodontidae Schultz 1948 (Australian lungfishes)
  - Familie Lepidosirenidae Bonaparte 1841 (South American lungfishes)
  - Familie Protopteridae Peters 1855 (African lungfishes)