Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 85; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789

Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 468.

Historical positions

Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 85.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 468.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 33.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 128, 168.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 320-321.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2472.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Scorpaeniformes (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 907.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11f;135g;728s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Aug 2025	[11f;135g]
2018	R. van der Laan: 86	[17f]
2017	R. Betancur-R et al.: 31	[14f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 475	[6f]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[12f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 33	13[12]f
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 168	2Sf
2006	J.S. Nelson: 327	[6f]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	12f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 608	[7f; †1f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 907	6f;>100g;450s