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

Eupercaria (Series)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 80.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 456.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 35.

Historical positions

Eupercaria (Series)	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 80.
Eupercaria (Series)	Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 27.
Percoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 456.
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: 357-358.
Percoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2478.
Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859	Ref: 1998

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;14s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 13 Sep 2025	[2g;14s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 35	5g;44s
2006	J.S. Nelson: 358	[5g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 917	[2g]