After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with some phylogenetic tweaks from Imamura & Yabe, 2002 and Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o “Perciformes” Bleeker, 1859 (ahvenkalat) [paraphyletic]
   |?- †Acanthonemus subaureus M. Eoc. Eu. [Acanthonemidae]
   |?- †Nardoichthys [Nardoichthyidae]
   |?-o †Odonteobolca Krell, 1991 [Odonteus Agassiz, 1838] M. Eoc. Eu. [is a non-pomacentrid (Bellwood & Sorbini, 1996)]
   |  |-- †O. pygmaeus (de Zigno, 1874)
   |  |-- †O. sparoides (Agassiz, 1838)
   |  `-- †O. sparoides depressus (Bassani, 1898)
   |==o Percoidei [paraphyletic]
   |  |== Percoidea [paraphyletic]
   |  |-- Cirrhitoidea (haukkakalojensukuiset)
   |  `-- Cepoloidea
   |--o Elassomus [Elassomatoidei: Elassomatidae; Elassomidae] (Pygmy sunfishes) [N: 7] [FB: 6]
   |  |-- E. alabamae Mayden, 1993
   |  |-- E. boehlkei Rohde & Arndt, 1987 (Carolina pygmy sunfish)
   |  |-- E. evergladei Jordan, 1884 (Everglades pygmy sunfish; kääpiöahven)
   |  |-- E. okatie Rohde & Arndt, 1987 (Bluebarred pygmy sunfish)
   |  |-- E. okefenokee Böhlke, 1956 (Okefenokee pygmy sunfish)
   |  `-- E. zonatum Jordan, 1877 (Banded pygmy sunfish)
   |--o Kurtus [Kurtoidei: Kurtidae] (kurtuusit)
   |  |-- K. gulliveri Castelnau, 1878 (Nurseryfish)
   |  `-- K. indicus Bloch, 1786 (Indian hump head)
   |-- Icosteius aenigmaticus Lockington, 1880 [Icosteoidei: Icosteidae] (rustoahven; ragfish)
   |?-+-- Serranidae (meriahvenet)
   |  `?-o Scorpaenoidei sensu Imamura & Yabe, 2002 [Scorpaeniformes in partim]
   |     |== Scorpaenoidei [Scorpaenoidea sensu Imamura & Yabe, 2002] (skorpionikalamaiset)
   |     `-- Platycephaloidei [Platycephaloidea sensu Imamura & Yabe, 2002] (lattapääkalamaiset)
   |-- Labroidei [incl. Cichlidae, Embiotocidae, †Tortonesidae, Pomacentridae, Scaridae, Labridae & Odacidae] (huulikalamaiset)
   |--+?- †Aluvarus praeimperialis (Arambourg, 1967) L. Olig. SAs. [Iran]
   |  `-- Acanthuroidei [Squamipinnata?] (väskärikalamaiset)
   |-- Thunniniformes [incl. Scombrolabracoidei & Scombroidei]
   |--+?- Blennioidei (limakalamaiset)
   |  |?- Gobioidei (tokkomaiset)
   |  `--+?-+?- Cottoidei [incl. Anoplopomatoidei, Zaniolepidoidei, Hexagrammoidei & Cottoidei] (simppumaiset)
   |     |  `?- Zoarciformes [incl. Trachinoidei, Zoarcoidei & Notothenoidei] (kivinilkkakalat)
   |     `--+?- Gobiesocoidei [Gobiesociformes; Xenopterygii] (imulevykalojensukuiset ahvenkalat) [1/36/120]
   |        `?- Callionymoidei (merikokkimaiset)
   |-- Stromateoidei (voikalamaiset)
   |-- Anabatoidei [Labyrinthici in partim] (labyrinttikalat)
   `-- Channoidei [Ophiocephaliformes] (käärmeenpääkalat)

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