Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
     Pisces
       Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
         Order Gonorynchiformes Regan, 1909 - milkfishes
           Family Chanidae Günther, 1868 - milkfishes
           Family †Charitosomidae Gayet, 1993 see Family Gonorynchidae Fowler, 1941 (1848)
           Family Gonorynchidae Fowler, 1941 (1848) - beaked sandfishes
           Family †Judeichthyidae Gayet, 1985 see Family Gonorynchidae Fowler, 1941 (1848)
           Family Kneriidae Günther, 1868 - shellears
           Family Phractolaemidae Boulenger, 1901 - snake mudheads