After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Percoidea [paraphyletic]
   |?- †Amphistium paradoxum [?Macrostoma, ?Woodwardichthys] M. Eoc. Eu. [Amphistiidae]
   |?- †Semlikiichthys rharcirhinchus (Greenwood & Howes) Otero & Gayet, 1999 [Lates rhachirhinchus Greenwood & Howes, 1975; Lates rhachirhynchus Greenwood & Howes; Gayet, 1983 "unjust. emend."; Semlikiichthys rharcirhynchus (Greenwood & Howes) Otero & Gayet, 1999 "invalid subsequent spelling"]
   |?- †Weilerichthys fajumensis (Weiler, 1929) Otero & Gayet, 1999 [Lates fajumensis Weiler, 1929]
   |?- Caesioscorpis sp.
   |?- Centrogenys vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [Centrogenysidae, Centrogeniidae] (False scorpionfish)
   |?- †Dipterichthys leptosomus L. Olig. SAs. [Dipterichthyidae]
   |?-o †Priscacara Cope, 1877; Eoc. NA. [Cockerellites Jordan, 1923; Mioc. EAs.] [Priscacaridae]
   |  |-- †P. liops Cope, 1877
   |  `-- †P. serrata Cope, 1877
   |?- †Ottaviania mariae M. Eoc. Eu.
   |?-o Ostracoberyx [Ostracoberycidae] ()? [3]
   |  |-- O. dorygenys Fowler, 1934
   |  |-- O. fowleri Matsubara, 1939
   |  `-- O. tricornis Matsubara, 1939
   |?- Chandidae [Ambassidae] (asiatic classfishes)
   |?- Coiidae [Datnioidae; =? Lobotidae]
   |--+?- †Mioplosus ---> Percids??
   |  |?- Acropomatidae (temperate ocean-basses) [11/40]
   |  |?- Centropomidae [incl. Sinipercidae, Latidae Jordan, 1923] (lasiahvenet, niilinahvenet; snooks, latids) [FB: 7/32]
   |  `?- Percichthyidae [incl. Perciliidae] (temperate perches, meribassit) [FB: 12/30]
   |-- Callanthiidae ()?
   |--+?- Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) [N: 15/96] [FB: 16/100]
   |  |?- Grammatidae [Grammidae] (keijukalat; basslets) [N: 2/10] [FB: 2/12]
   |  |?- Plesiopidae (pyöröpäät)
   |  `?-o Notograptus [Notograptidae] (nauhaluikerot)
   |     |-- N. sp.
   |     `-- N. guttatus Günther, 1867 (Spotted eel blenny)
   |-- Opistognathidae (jawfishes) [N: 3/90] [FB: 3/39]
   |--o Dinopercidae (cavebasses) [2/2]
   |  |-- Centrarchops chapini Fowler, 1923 (Barred seabass)
   |  `-- Dinoperca petersi (Day, 1875) (Lampfish)
   |-- Banjos banjos (Richardson, 1846) [Banjosidae] (lehtiahven)
   |-- Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 (freshwater sunfishes and North American basses; aurinkoahvenet)
   |--+-- Percidae (pearches, darters, and walleyes; ahvenet)
   |  `?-o Moronidae (temperate basses)
   |     |--o Dicentrarchus [Labrax] ()? [2] Tert. SAs., R. Oc.
   |     |  |-- D. labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) [Morone labrax] (meriahven; European seabass)
   |     |  `-- D. punctatus (Bloch, 1792) (Spotted seabass)
   |     `--o Morone [Roccus] L. Pleist. R. NA. ()? [4]
   |        |-- M. americana (Gmelin, 1789) (White perch)
   |        |-- M. chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) (White bass)
   |        |-- M. mississippiensis Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887 (Yellow bass)
   |        `-- M. saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) (Striped sea-bass)
   |-- Priacanthidae (suurisilmät; bigeyes) [4/18]
   |-- Apogonidae [Cheilodipteridae] (kardinaaliahvenet)
   |-- Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes) [5/15]
   |-- Sillaginidae (kuoreahvenet) [3/31]
   |-- Malacanthidae [Branchiostegidae] (tilefishes)
   |--o Lactarius Mioc. Aus. R. SAs. EInd. [Lactariidae] (valkoahvenet) [N: 2] [FB: 1]
   |  |-- L. sp.
   |  `-- L. lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (False trevally)
   |--+?- Dinolestes lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) [Dinolestidae] (Long-finned pike)
   |  `--+?-o Pomatomidae [incl. Scombropidae] (sinikalat; bluefishes, gnomefishes) [2/3]
   |     |  |?- †Lednevia oligocenica Olig. SEEu.
   |     |  |-- †Lophar Mioc. NA.
   |     |  |--o Pomatomus
   |     |  |  `-- P. saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [Pomatomus saltator] (Bluefish)
   |     |  `?-o Scombrops [Scombropidae] Plioc. EAs. R. Oc. ()? [N: 2] [FB: 3]
   |     |     |-- S. boops (Houttuyn, 1782) (Gnomefish)
   |     |     |-- S. gilberti (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
   |     |     `-- S. oculatus (Poey, 1860) (Atlantic Scombrops)
   |     `-- “Carangoidea” [Nematistiidae, Carangidae, Echeneidae, Rachycentridae & Coryphaenidae] (piikkimakrilliensukuiset ahvenkalat)
   |-- Leiognathidae [Equulidae] (ponyfishes; lima-ahvenet) [3/24]
   |-- Bramidae (merilahnat; pomfrets)
   |--o Caristus [Elephenor, Platyberyx] [Caristiidae] (harjakalat; manefishes) [4]
   |  |-- C. groenlandicus Jensen, 1941
   |  |-- C. macropus (Bellotti, 1903) (Manefish)
   |  |-- C. maderensis Maul, 1949
   |  |-- C. opalescens (Zugmayer, 1911)
   |  |-- (Platyberyx) [1]
   |  `-- (Caristus) [3]
   |-- Emmelichthyidae (rovers)
   |-- Lutjanidae (napsijat; snappers & fusiliers) [21/125]
   |-- Lobotidae (kolmipyrstöt; tripletails) [2/7]
   |-- Gerreidae [Gerridae] (mojarat; mojarras) [8/40]
   |--o “Haemuloidea” (murisijakalojensukuiset ahvenkalat)
   |  |-- Haemulidae [Pomadasyidae, Pristipomidae] (murisijakalat; Grunts) [paraphyletic?] [N: 17/150] [FB: 18/130]
   |  `--o Inermiidae (Bonnetmouths) [2/2]
   |     |-- Emmelichthyops atlanticus Schultz, 1945 (Bonnetmouth)
   |     `-- Inermia vittata Poey, 1860 (Boga)
   |-- Sparoidea Johnson, 1980 [Menidae, Sparidae, Centracanthidae, Lethrinidae & Nemipteridae] (hammasahventensukuiset ahvenkalat)
   |--o “Polynemoidea” [Polynemidae & Sciaenidae] (rihmaeviensukuiset ahvenkalat)
   |  |?- Polynemidae (rihmaevät; threadfins) [N: 7/33] [FB: 6/32]
   |  `?- Sciaenidae Gill, 1861 (rumpukalat; drums, croakers) [N: 70/270] [FB: 65/263]
   |-- Mullidae (mullot; goatfishes) [6/55]
   |-- “Pempherioidea” [Pempheridae & Glaucosomatidae] (pyyhältäjiensukuiset ahvenkalat)
   |-- Leptobramus Mülleri Steindachner, 1878 [Leptobramidae] (Beachsalmon)
   |--o Bathyclupea [Bathyclupeidae]
   |  |-- B. argentea Goode & Bean, 1896
   |  |-- B. elongata Trunov, 1975
   |  |-- B. gracilis Fowler, 1938
   |  |-- B. hoskynii Alcock, 1891
   |  |-- B. megaceps Fowler, 1938
   |  `-- B. schroederi Dick, 1962
   |--o Monodactylidae [Psettidae] (kuukalat; moonfishes, fingerfishes) [2/5]
   |  |-- †Pasaichthys pleuronectiformes M. Eoc. Eu. 
   |  |-- †Psettopsis subarcuatus M. Eoc. Eu. 
   |  |--o Monodactylus [Psettias, Psettus] ()? [3]
   |  |  |-- M. argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silver moony)
   |  |  |-- M. falciformis Lacépède, 1801 (Full moony)
   |  |  `-- M. sebae (Cuvier, 1829) (African moony)
   |  `-- Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866 (Eastern pomfred)
   |--o Toxotes M. Eoc. Eu. L. Tert. R. EInd. [Toxotidae] (ampujakalat) [6]
   |  |-- †T. antiquus
   |  |-- T. blythii Boulenger, 1892
   |  |-- T. chatareus (Hamilton, 1822) (Largescale archerfish)
   |  |-- T. jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767) [T. jaculator] (ampujakala; Banded archerfish)
   |  |-- T. lorentzi Weber, 1910 (Primitive archerfish)
   |  |-- T. microlepis Günther, 1860 (Smallscale archerfish)
   |  `-- T. oligolepis Bleeker, 1876 (Western archerfish)
   |-- “Coracinoidea” [Coracinidae & Drepanidae] (kaljuunakalojensukuiset ahvenkalat)
   |-- Chaetodontidae (perhokalat; butterflyfishes) [10/114]
   |-- Pomacanthidae (keisarikalat; angelfishes) [N: 9/74] [FB: 9/84]
   |--o Enoplosus [Enoplos] Eoc. Eu. R. Oc. [Enoplosidae]
   |  |-- †E. pygopterus
   |  `-- E. armatus (White, 1790) (oldwife)
   |-- Pentacerotidae [Histiopteridae] (panssaripäät; armorheads) [N: 7/11] [FB: 8/13]
   |-- Nandidae [Polycentridae, Pristolepidae] (lehväkalat; leaffishes) [7/10]
   `-- “Kyphosioidea” [Kyphosidae, Arripidae, Teraponidae, Kuhliidae & Oplegnathidae] (ruorikalojensukuiset ahvenkalat) ---> Stromateoidei??

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