Opinions from R. W. Purdy et al. 2001

  • 'Acanthocybium belongs to Scomberoidei'
  • 'Acanthocybium solandri belongs to Acanthocybium' according to Cuvier 1831
  • 'Acipenser belongs to Acipenseridae'
  • 'Acipenser oxyrhynchus belongs to Acipenser'
  • 'Acipenser oxyrhynchus belongs to Acipenser' according to Mitchell 1814
  • 'Acipenseridae belongs to Acipenseriformes'
  • 'Acipenseriformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Aetobatis is a misspelling of Aetobatus'
  • 'Aetobatus belongs to Myliobatidae'
  • 'Alopecias superciliosus belongs to Alopecias' according to Lowe 1840
  • 'Alopecias superciliosus is recombined as Alopias superciliosus'
  • 'Alopias belongs to Alopiidae'
  • 'Alopiidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Alosa belongs to Clupeidae'
  • 'Aluterus belongs to Monacanthidae'
  • 'Anguilla oceanicus belongs to Anguilla' according to Mitchill 1818
  • 'Anguilla oceanicus is recombined as Conger oceanicus'
  • 'Anguilliformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Archosargus belongs to Sparoidei'
  • 'Ariidae belongs to Siluriformes'
  • 'Astroscopus belongs to Uranoscopidae'
  • 'Auxis belongs to Scomberoidei'
  • 'Bagre belongs to Ariidae'
  • 'Batrachoidiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Bothidae belongs to Pleuronectiformes'
  • 'Branchiostegidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Carangidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Carcharhinidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Carcharhiniformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Carcharhinus belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Carcharias belongs to Odontaspididae'
  • 'Carcharias brachyurus belongs to Carcharias' according to Gunther 1870
  • 'Carcharias falciformis is recombined as Carcharhinus falciformis'
  • 'Carcharias falciformis belongs to Carcharias' according to Bibron 1841
  • 'Carcharias leucas belongs to Carcharias' according to Valenciennes 1839
  • 'Carcharias leucas is recombined as Carcharhinus leucas'
  • 'Carcharias macloti belongs to Carcharias' according to Muller and Henle 1839
  • 'Carcharias macloti is recombined as Carcharhinus macloti'
  • 'Carcharias megalodon is recombined as Carcharodon megalodon'
  • 'Carcharias obesus belongs to Carcharias' according to Ruppell 1835
  • 'Carcharias obesus is recombined as Triaenodon obesus'
  • 'Carcharias subauriculatus is recombined as Carcharodon subauriculatus'
  • 'Carcharias taurus belongs to Carcharias' according to Rafinesque 1810
  • 'Carcharias taurus belongs to Carcharias'
  • 'Carcharodon belongs to Lamnidae'
  • 'Caulolatilus belongs to Branchiostegidae'
  • 'Caulolatilus cyanops belongs to Caulolatilus'
  • 'Caulolatilus cyanops belongs to Caulolatilus' according to Poey 1866
  • 'Cetorhinidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Cetorhinus belongs to Cetorhinidae'
  • 'Chilomycterus belongs to Diodontidae'
  • 'Chimaeriformes belongs to Holocephali'
  • 'Clupea sapidissima belongs to Clupea' according to Wilson 1811
  • 'Clupea sapidissima is recombined as Alosa sapidissima'
  • 'Clupeidae belongs to Clupeiformes'
  • 'Clupeiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Conger belongs to Congridae'
  • 'Congridae belongs to Anguilliformes'
  • 'Cybium solandri belongs to Cybium' according to Cuvier 1831
  • 'Cybium solandri is recombined as Acanthocybium solandri'
  • 'Dasyatidae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Dasyatis belongs to Dasyatidae'
  • 'Dasyatis americana belongs to Dasyatis' according to Hildebrand and Schroeder 1928
  • 'Diodon schoepfi belongs to Diodon' according to Walbaum 1792
  • 'Diodon schoepfi is recombined as Chilomycterus schoepfi'
  • 'Diodontidae belongs to Tetraodontiformes'
  • 'Echinorhinus belongs to Echinorhinidae'
  • 'Echinorhinus blakei belongs to Echinorhinus' according to Agassiz 1856
  • 'Echinorhinus blakei belongs to Echinorhinus'
  • 'Elopidae belongs to Elopiformes'
  • 'Elopiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Epinephelus belongs to Serranidae'
  • 'Esox barracuda belongs to Esox' according to Edwards 1771
  • 'Esox barracuda is recombined as Sphyraena barracuda'
  • 'Esox osseus belongs to Esox' according to C. Linnaeus 1758
  • 'Esox osseus is recombined as Lepisosteus osseus'
  • 'Gadiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Gadus tao belongs to Gadus' according to C. Linnaeus 1766
  • 'Gadus tao is recombined as Opsanus tao'
  • 'Galeocerdo belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Galeocerdo contortus belongs to Galeocerdo'
  • 'Galeocerdo cuvier belongs to Galeocerdo' according to Peron and LeSueur 1822
  • 'Galeorhinus belongs to Triakidae'
  • 'Galeus affinis belongs to Galeus' according to Probst 1878
  • 'Galeus affinis is recombined as Galeorhinus affinis'
  • 'Gasterosteus saltatrix belongs to Gasterosteus' according to C. Linnaeus 1766
  • 'Gasterosteus saltatrix is recombined as Pomatomus saltatrix'
  • 'Ginglymostoma belongs to Ginglymostomatidae'
  • 'Ginglymostomatidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Hemigaleidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Hemipristis belongs to Hemigaleidae'
  • 'Hemirhabdorhynchus belongs to Istiophoridae'
  • 'Hexanchiformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Hexanchus belongs to Hexanchidae'
  • 'Holocephali was reranked as a class and belongs to Chordata'
  • 'Hypogaleus belongs to Triakidae'
  • 'Isistius belongs to Squalidae'
  • 'Istiophoridae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Isurus belongs to Lamnidae'
  • 'Isurus oxyrinchus belongs to Isurus' according to Rafinesque 1810
  • 'Isurus oxyrinchus [misspelled as Isurus oxyrhinchus] belongs to Isurus'
  • 'Labroidei is corrected as Labridae and belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Lagodon belongs to Sparoidei'
  • 'Lamna belongs to Lamnidae'
  • 'Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima is recombined as Odontaspis acutissima'
  • 'Lamna actutissima belongs to Lamna' according to Agassiz 1843
  • 'Lamna actutissima is recombined as Odontaspis actutissima'
  • 'Lamna cuspidata is recombined as Carcharias cuspidata'
  • 'Lamna eurybathrodon belongs to Lamna' according to Blake 1862
  • 'Lamna eurybathrodon is recombined as Negaprion eurybathrodon'
  • 'Lamnidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Lamniformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Lepisosteidae belongs to Lepisosteiformes'
  • 'Lepisosteiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Lepisosteus belongs to Lepisosteidae'
  • 'Lophiidae belongs to Lophiiformes'
  • 'Lophiiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Lophius belongs to Lophiidae'
  • 'Lophius americanus belongs to Lophius'
  • 'Lophius americanus belongs to Lophius' according to Valenciennes 1837
  • 'Lopholatilus belongs to Branchiostegidae'
  • 'Lopholatilus rayus belongs to Lopholatilus'
  • 'Manta belongs to Mobulidae'
  • 'Megachasmidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Megalops belongs to Elopidae'
  • 'Megalops atlanticus belongs to Megalops' according to Valenciennes 1847
  • 'Megalops atlanticus belongs to Megalops'
  • 'Megascyliorhinus belongs to Parascyllidae'
  • 'Merluccidae belongs to Gadiformes'
  • 'Merluccius belongs to Merluccidae'
  • 'Mobula belongs to Mobulidae'
  • 'Mobulidae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Mola belongs to Molidae'
  • 'Molidae belongs to Tetraodontiformes'
  • 'Monacanthidae belongs to Tetraodontiformes'
  • 'Mustelus belongs to Triakidae'
  • 'Mycteroperca belongs to Serranidae'
  • 'Myliobatidae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Myliobatiformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Negaprion belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Notidanus plectrodon is a subjective synonym of Notorynchus cepedianus'
  • 'Notidanus primigenius is a subjective synonym of Notorynchus cepedianus'
  • 'Notorynchus belongs to Hexanchidae'
  • 'Odontaspididae belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Odontaspis belongs to Odontaspididae'
  • 'Odontaspis ferox belongs to Odontaspis' according to Risso 1826
  • 'Odontaspis ferox belongs to Odontaspis'
  • 'Opsanus belongs to Batrachoididae'
  • 'Orectolobiformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Orthragoriscus chelonopsis is recombined as Mola chelonopsis'
  • 'Oxyrhina benedenii belongs to Oxyrhina' according to Leriche 1910
  • 'Oxyrhina benedenii is recombined as Parotodus benedenii'
  • 'Oxyrhina hastalis is recombined as Isurus hastalis'
  • 'Oxyrhina xiphodon is recombined as Isurus xiphodon'
  • 'Pagrus belongs to Sparoidei'
  • 'Pagrus hyneus belongs to Pagrus'
  • 'Paragaleus belongs to Hemigaleidae'
  • 'Paralichthys belongs to Bothidae'
  • 'Parascyllidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Parotodus belongs to Lamnidae'
  • 'Perca ocellata belongs to Perca' according to C. Linnaeus 1766
  • 'Perca ocellata is recombined as Sciaenops ocellata'
  • 'Perciformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Platypodon perezi belongs to Platypodon' according to Poey 1876
  • 'Platypodon perezi is recombined as Carcharhinus perezi'
  • 'Pleuronectiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Plinthicus belongs to Rhinopteridae'
  • 'Plinthicus stenodon belongs to Plinthicus' according to E. D. Cope 1869
  • 'Pogonias belongs to Sciaenoidei'
  • 'Pogonias cromis belongs to Pogonias' according to E. D. Cope 1869
  • 'Pogonias cromis belongs to Pogonias'
  • 'Pomatomidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Pomatomus belongs to Pomatomidae'
  • 'Prionotus belongs to Triglidae'
  • 'Pristidae belongs to Pristiformes'
  • 'Pristiformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Pristiophoridae belongs to Pristiophoriformes'
  • 'Pristiophoriformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Pristis belongs to Pristidae'
  • 'Pristis pectinatus belongs to Pristis' according to Latham 1794
  • 'Pristis pectinatus belongs to Pristis'
  • 'Pteromylaeus belongs to Myliobatidae'
  • 'Raja belongs to Rajidae'
  • 'Raja centroura belongs to Raja' according to Mitchill 1814
  • 'Raja centroura is recombined as Dasyatis centroura'
  • 'Raja say belongs to Raja' according to Lesueur 1817
  • 'Raja say is recombined as Dasyatis say'
  • 'Rajidae belongs to Rajiformes'
  • 'Rajiformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Rhincodon belongs to Rhincodontidae'
  • 'Rhincodon miocaenicus belongs to Rhincodon' according to Antunes and Jonet 1969
  • 'Rhincodon miocaenicus is recombined as Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus'
  • 'Rhincodontidae belongs to Orectolobiformes'
  • 'Rhinobatidae belongs to Rhinobatiformes'
  • 'Rhinobatiformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Rhinobatos belongs to Rhinobatidae'
  • 'Rhinoptera belongs to Rhinopteridae'
  • 'Rhinopteridae belongs to Myliobatiformes'
  • 'Rhizoprionodon belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Sarda belongs to Scomberoidei'
  • 'Sciaenoidei was reranked as the family Sciaenidae and belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Sciaenops belongs to Sciaenoidei'
  • 'Scomber sarda belongs to Scomber' according to Bloch 1791
  • 'Scomber sarda is recombined as Sarda sarda'
  • 'Scomberoidei is corrected as Scombridae and belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Scyliorhinidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Seriola belongs to Carangidae'
  • 'Serranidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Siluriformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Sparoidei is corrected as Sparidae and belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Sparus chrysops belongs to Sparus' according to C. Linnaeus 1766
  • 'Sparus chrysops is recombined as Stenotomus chrysops'
  • 'Sparus probatocephalus belongs to Sparus' according to Walbaum 1792
  • 'Sparus probatocephalus is recombined as Archosargus probatocephalus'
  • 'Sparus rhomboides is recombined as Lagodon rhomboides'
  • 'Sparus rhomboides belongs to Sparus' according to C. Linnaeus 1766
  • 'Sphoeroides belongs to Tetraodontidae'
  • 'Sphoeroides hyperostosus belongs to Sphoeroides' according to Tyler et al. 1992
  • 'Sphoeroides hyperostosus belongs to Sphoeroides'
  • 'Sphyraena belongs to Sphyraenidae'
  • 'Sphyraenidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Sphyrna belongs to Sphyrnidae'
  • 'Sphyrna media belongs to Sphyrna' according to Springer 1940
  • 'Sphyrna media belongs to Sphyrna'
  • 'Sphyrnidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Squalidae belongs to Squaliformes'
  • 'Squaliformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Squalus belongs to Squalidae'
  • 'Squalus carcharias belongs to Squalus' according to C. Linnaeus 1758
  • 'Squalus carcharias is recombined as Carcharodon carcharias'
  • 'Squalus cepedianus belongs to Squalus' according to Peron 1807
  • 'Squalus cepedianus is recombined as Notorynchus cepedianus'
  • 'Squalus obscurus belongs to Squalus' according to Le Sueur 1818
  • 'Squalus obscurus is recombined as Carcharhinus obscurus'
  • 'Squalus plumbeus belongs to Squalus' according to Nardo 1827
  • 'Squalus plumbeus is recombined as Carcharhinus plumbeus'
  • 'Squalus vulipinis belongs to Squalus' according to Bonnaterre 1788
  • 'Squalus vulipinis is recombined as Alopias vulpinus'
  • 'Squalus zygaena belongs to Squalus' according to C. Linnaeus 1758
  • 'Squalus zygaena is recombined as Sphyrna zygaena'
  • 'Squatina belongs to Squatinidae'
  • 'Squatinidae belongs to Squatiniformes'
  • 'Squatiniformes belongs to Chondrichthyes'
  • 'Stenotomus belongs to Sparoidei'
  • 'Stomodon bilinearis belongs to Stomodon' according to Mitchill 1814
  • 'Stomodon bilinearis is recombined as Merluccius bilinearis'
  • 'Tetraodontidae belongs to Tetraodontiformes'
  • 'Tetraodontiformes belongs to Osteichthyes'
  • 'Thunnus belongs to Scomberoidei'
  • 'Triaenodon belongs to Carcharhinidae'
  • 'Triakidae belongs to Carcharhiniformes'
  • 'Trigla evolans belongs to Trigla' according to C. Linnaeus 1766
  • 'Trigla evolans is recombined as Prionotus evolans'
  • 'Triglidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Xiphias belongs to Xiphiidae'
  • 'Xiphias gladius belongs to Xiphias' according to C. Linnaeus 1758
  • 'Xiphias gladius belongs to Xiphias'
  • 'Xiphiidae belongs to Perciformes'
  • 'Zygaena lewini belongs to Zygaena' according to Griffith and Smith 1834
  • 'Zygaena lewini is recombined as Sphyrna lewini'