- Kingdom Animalia
 - Phylum Chordata
 - Subphylum Vertebrata
 - Infraphylum Gnathostomata
 - Parvphylum Osteichthyes
 - Gigaclass Actinopterygii
 - Class Actinopteri
 
Child taxons:
| Order Acanthuriformes | |
| Order Acropomatiformes | |
| Order Albuliformes → Family Albulidae → Subfamily Albulinae → Genus Albula  | |
| Order Atheriniformes → Family Atherinidae  | |
| Order Aulopiformes → Family Synodontidae  | |
| Order Batrachoidiformes → Family Batrachoididae  | |
| Order Beloniformes (elongate fishes)  | |
| Order Blenniiformes (blennies)  | |
| Order Callionymiformes → Family Callionymidae  | |
| Order Carangaria | |
| Order Carangiformes (jacks and related fishes)  | |
| Order Carengaria → Family Polynemidae → Genus Polydactylus  | |
| Order Centrarchiformes | |
| Order Cichliformes → Family Pholidichthyidae → Genus Pholidichthys  | |
| Order Clupeiformes | |
| Order Dactylopteriformes (gurnards)  | |
| Superorder Elopomorpha → Order Anguilliformes (eels)  | |
| Order Eupercaria | |
| Order Gobiesociformes → Family Gobiesocidae → Subfamily Gobiesocinae  | |
| Order Gobiiformes (gobies and related fishes)  | |
| Order Gonorynchiformes → Family Chanidae → Genus Chanos  | |
| Order Holocentriformes → Family Holocentridae  | |
| Order Kurtiformes → Family Apogonidae  | |
| Order Lophiiformes (anglerfishes)  | |
| Order Mugiliformes → Suborder Mugiloidei → Family Mugilidae  | |
| Order Mulliformes → Family Mullidae  | |
| Order Ophidiiformes → Family Ophidiidae  | |
| Order Ovalentaria | |
| Order Perciformes | |
| Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes)  | |
| Order Scombriformes | |
| Order Siluriformes → Family Plotosidae → Genus Plotosus  | |
| Order Syngnathiformes (pipefishes and related fishes)  | |
| Order Tetraodontiformes (puffers and filefishes)  | 
		   














































































































