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

<==o Centropomidae [incl. Sinipercidae, Latidae] (lasiahvenet) [FB: 7/32]
   |-- †Cyclopoma gigas M. Eoc. Eu. 
   |-- †Paralates Olig. Eu.
   |-- †Platylates Olig. Eu.
   |--o Sinipercinae [Sinipercidae sensu Chen, Guo & Nie, 2010] [are Percichthyids (Froese & Pauly, 2001??]
   |  |--o Coreoperca
   |  |  |-- C. whiteheadi (Boulenger, 1900) [Siniperca whiteheadi (Boulenger, 1900)]
   |  |  `--+-- C. herzi Herzenstein, 1896
   |  |     `-- C. kawamebari (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
   |  `--o Siniperca [incl. Coreosiniperca sensu Chen, Guo & Nie, 2010]
   |     |?- S. vietnamensis Mai, 1978
   |     |-- S. undulata Fang & Chong, 1932
   |     `--+-- S. fortis (Lin, 1932)
   |        `--+-- S. scherzeri Steindachner, 1892
   |           `--+-- S. roulei (Wu, 1930) [Coreosiniperca roulei (Wu, 1930)]
   |              `--+-- S. obscura (Nichols, 1930) [Coreoperca obscura (Nichols, 1930)]
   |                 `--+-- S. chuatsi (Basilewsky, 1855) (Chinese perch)
   |                    `-- S. knerii Garman, 1912
   `--o Centropomidae sensu Froese & Pauly, 2001
      |--o Centropominae [1/12]
      |  `--o Centropomus M. Eoc. R. Eu. R. NA. ()? [12]
      |     |-- C. armatus Gill, 1863 (Armed snook)
      |     |-- C. ensiferus Poey, 1860 (Swordspine snook)
      |     |-- C. medius Günther, 1864 (Blackfin snook)
      |     |-- C. mexicanus Bocourt, 1868 (Guianan snook)
      |     |-- C. nigrescens Günther, 1864 (Black snook)
      |     |-- C. parallelus Poey, 1860 (Fat snook)
      |     |-- C. pectinatus Poey, 1860 (Tarpon snook)
      |     |-- C. poeyi Chávez, 1961 (Mexican snook)
      |     |-- C. robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Yellowfin snook)
      |     |-- C. undecimalis (Bloch, 1792) (Common snook)
      |     |-- C. unionensis Bocourt, 1868 (Union snook)
      |     `-- C. viridis Lockington, 1877 (White snook)
      `--o Latinae Jordan, 1923 [Latidae Jordan, 1923 sensu Mooi & Gill, 1995]
         |--o †Eolates M. Eoc. Eu. Eoc. R. Af. R. As. Aus.
         |  `-- †E. gracilis
         |--o Psammoperca Eoc. Eu. R. Oc. ()? [1]
         |  `-- P. waigiensis (Cuvier, 1828) (Waigieu seaperch)
         |?- Hypopterus macropterus (Günther, 1859) [=? Psammoperca waigiensis sensu Greenwood, 1976]
         `--o Lates Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 [Luciolates] (niilinahvenet) [9]
            |?- †L. “robustus” [Zeus robustus; Lates styriacus Ramovs, 1998, nomen nudum]
            |?- †L. partschii
            |?- †L. croaticus
            |?- †L. gregarius
            |?- †L. karungae Greenwood, 1951
            |--o (Lates)
            |  |-- L. (L.) calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) (Barramundi)
            |  |-- L. (L.) japonicus Katayama & Taki, 1984 (Japanese lates)
            |  |-- L. (L.) longispinis Worthington, 1932 (Rudolf lates)
            |  |-- L. (L.) macrophthalmus Worthington, 1929 (Albert lates)
            |  `--+-- †L. (L.) qatraniensis Murray & Attia, 2004
            |     `-- L. (L.) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [†L. maliense] (niilinahven; Nile perch)
            `--o (Luciolates)
               |-- L. (L.) angustifrons Boulenger, 1906 (Tanganyika lates)
               |-- L. (L.) microlepis Boulenger, 1898 (Forktail lates)
               |-- L. (L.) mariae Steindachner, 1909 (Bigeye lates)
               `-- L. (L.) stappersii (Boulenger, 1914) (Sleek lates)

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