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Acanthuriformes
| butterflyfishes; snappers; angelfishes; tilefishes; grunts & fusiliers | Valid | |
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Acipenseriformes
| sturgeons; spoonfishes | Valid | |
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Albuliformes
| bonefishes | Valid | |
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Alepocephaliformes
| slickheads & tubeshoulders | Valid | Marshall 1962 |
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Amiiformes
| bowfins | Valid | |
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Anabantiformes
| labrinth fishes | Valid | Britz 1995 |
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Anguilliformes
| eels and morays | Valid | |
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Argentiniformes
| marine smelts | Valid | Johnson & Patterson 1996 |
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Ateleopodiformes
| jellynose fishes | Valid | |
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Atheriniformes
| blue eyes; silversides | Valid | |
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Aulopiformes
| lizard fishes; barracudinas; grinners | Valid | |
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Batrachoidiformes
| toadfishes | Valid | |
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Beloniformes
| adrianichthyids; needlefishes | Valid | |
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Beryciformes
| sawbellies | Valid | |
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Blenniiformes
| blennies & stargazers | Valid | Bleeker 1859 |
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Callionymiformes
| dragonets | Valid | |
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Caproiformes
| boarfishes | Valid | |
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Carangiformes
| jacks; kigfishes; cobias; pompanos; remoras & dolphinfishes. | Valid | |
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Carcharhiniformes
| ground sharks; barbeled houndsharks | Valid | |
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Ceratodontiformes
| Australian lungfishes | Valid | |
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Characiformes
| characins | Valid | |
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Chimaeriformes
| chimaeras; silver sharks | Valid | |
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Cichliformes
| cichlids & convict blennies | Valid | |
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Clupeiformes
| wolf herrings | Valid | |
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Coelacanthiformes
| Coelacanths | Valid | |
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Cypriniformes
| carps; minnows | Valid | |
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Cyprinodontiformes
| rivulines; killifishes and livebearers | Valid | |
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Echinorhiniformes
| bramble sharks | Valid | |
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Elopiformes
| tarpons and tenpounders | Valid | |
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Esociformes
| pikes; mudminnows | Valid | |
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Gadiformes
| eucla cods | Valid | |
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Galaxiiformes
| galaxiiforms | Valid | Betancur-R. [R.], Wiley, Bailly, Miya, Lecointre & Ortí 2016 |
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Gobiesociformes
| clingfishes | Valid | |
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Gobiiformes
| gobies; sleepers | Valid | |
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Gonorynchiformes
| milkfish | Valid | |
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Gymnotiformes
| knifefishes | Valid | |
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Heterodontiformes
| bullhead sharks; horn sharks | Valid | Garman 1885 |
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Hexanchiformes
| frilled sharks; cow sharks | Valid | |
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Hiodontiformes
| mooneyes | Valid | Taverne 1979 |
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Holocentriformes
| squirrelfishes | Valid | |
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Icosteiformes
| ragfishes | Valid | |
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Incerate sedis
| Order ranking uncertain | -- | |
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Istiophoriformes
| saw sharks | Valid | |
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Kurtiformes
| cardinalfishes & nurseryfishes | Valid | |
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Labriformes
| wrasses; parrotfishes & cales | Valid | |
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Lamniformes
| mackerel sharks; thresher sharks | Valid | Garman 1885 |
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Lampriformes
| velifers; tube-eyes; ribbonfishes | Valid | |
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Lepidogalaxiiformes
| salamanderfishes | Valid | |
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Lepisosteiformes
| gars | Valid | Hay 1929 |
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Lophiiformes
| deepsea anglerfishes | Valid | |
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Moroniformes
| temperate basses; spadefishes & sicklefishes | Valid | |
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Mugiliformes
| mullets | Valid | Berg 1940 |
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Myctophiformes
| lanternfishes | Valid | |
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Myliobatiformes
| stingrays | Valid | Compagno 1973 |
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Myxiniformes
| hagfishes | Valid | |
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Notacanthiformes
| tapirfishes; spiny eels; halosaurs | Valid | |
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Ophidiiformes
| cusk eels; brotulas; pearlfishes | Valid | |
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Orectolobiformes
| Carpet sharks | Valid | Compagno 1973 |
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Osmeriformes
| smelts; salamander fishes; slickheads | Valid | |
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Osteoglossiformes
| knifefishes; featherbacks; bonytongues | Valid | |
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Perciformes
| perch-like fishes; sea chubs | Valid | Bleeker 1859 |
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Percopsiformes
| trout-perches; pirate perches; cavefishes | Valid | |
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Petromyzontiformes
| lamphreys | Valid | |
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Pleuronectiformes
| soles; flounders; flatfishes | Valid | |
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Polymixiiformes
| beard fishes | Valid | |
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Polypteriformes
| bichirs | Valid | |
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Pristiformes
| sawfishes | Valid | |
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Pristiophoriformes
| saw sharks | Valid | Berg 1958 |
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Rajiformes
| skates; sawfishes; rays; eagle rays | Valid | |
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Salmoniformes
| whitefishes; salmons; pikes and smelts | Valid | |
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Scombriformes
| mackerels | Valid | |
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Scombrolabraciformes
| longfin escolars | Valid | |
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Scorpaeniformes
| scorpionfishes and flatheads | Valid | |
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Siluriformes
| catfishes freshwater North American | Valid | |
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Spariformes
| breams & progies | Valid | |
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Squaliformes
| dogfish sharks | Valid | |
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Squatiniformes
| angel sharks | Valid | de Buen 1926 |
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Stomiiformes
| lightfishes and dragonfishes | Valid | |
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Stylephoriformes
| tube-eyes or threadtails | Valid | |
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Synbranchiformes
| spiny-eels; swamp eels | Valid | |
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Syngnathiformes
| pipefishes; seahorses | Valid | |
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Tetraodontiformes
| trunkfishes; triggerfishes; puffers; filefishes; leatherjackets | Valid | Berg 1940 |
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Torpediniformes
| electric rays | Valid | |
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Trachichthyiformes
| roughies | Valid | |
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Trachiniformes
| swallowers; gapers; sandperches; torrentfishes; sanddivers & duckbills | Valid | |
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Zeiformes
| John dories; dories; boarfishes | Valid | Rafinesque 1810 |
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