Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Acanthuriformes (Order) Jordan, 1923

Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (14 Mar 2025); ECoF(14 Mar 2025).

Alternative positions

Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 370.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.
Spariformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.
sparoid lineage ([unranked])	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 371.

Historical positions

Spariformes (Order)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 82.
Spariformes (Order)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 28.
Spariformes (Order)	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 505-506.
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.
sparoid lineage ([unranked])	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 371; 342, 369.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 370.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2480.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 921.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	39g;120s;16ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Sep 2025	[39g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 35	36g;130s
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 921	29g;>100s