Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri

Subsequent positions

Percomorphacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 165.

Current position

Eupercaria (Series)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.

Alternative positions

Actinopteri (Class) Cope, 1871	Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (14 Mar 2025); ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 892.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 312.
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Pediculati ([unranked])	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 250.
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 508; Nelson et al., 2016: 506.
Percomorphacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128. [new position]

Historical positions

Eupercaria (Series)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.
Eupercaria (Series)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 28.
Percomorpha (Series)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 506, 508.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Percomorphacea (Division) Wiley & Johnson, 2010	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128, 165. [new position]
Pediculati ([unranked])	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 250.
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 392.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 312.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 366.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2468.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 892; 1115.
Paracanthopterygii (Superorder) Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers, 1966	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 684-685.
Teleostei (Superorder) Bonaparte, 1836	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	15f;74g;315s; †2g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Sep 2025	[15f;74g]
2018	R. van der Laan: 82	[18f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 28	[18f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 518	[18f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[18f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 31	18f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 165	[5so;15f]
2006	J.S. Nelson: 260	[18f]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	18f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 607	[15f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 892	3so;15[16]f;[59g];215s