Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Syngnathiformes - (Family) Centriscidae

Original position

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 415. [assumed]

Original entries

Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Centriscinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831

Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2472; ECoF(11 Jun 2025).

Alternative positions

Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 336. [new taxon]
Centriscidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 316.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 415. [new position]
Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.

Historical positions

Centriscidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 316.
Centriscidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 906.
Syngnathidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 415. [new position]
Branchiostegi (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 243, 336. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]