Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Kurtamia (Genus) Prokofiev, 2006

Current position

Apogonoidei (Suborder)

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 76; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Kurtiformes (Order)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 324.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 356.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.

Historical positions

Apogonoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 76.
Apogonoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 23.
Kurtiformes (Order)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 324-325.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 356.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 369.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2478.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 916.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	40g;334s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 29 Jun 2025	[40g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 35	29g;334s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 916	3sf;22g;>170s