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

<==o Blennioidei (limakalamaiset)
   |?-o Eleginopidae [Eleginopsidae] ()? --> Notothenoidei??
   |  |-- †Proeleginops grandeastmanorum Balushkin
   |  `-- Eleginops maclovinus (Cuvier, 1830) (Patagonian blennie)
   |-- Tripterygiidae (kolmieväluikerot; triplefin blennies) [20/115]
   |-- Dactyloscopidae (ripsitähystäjät; sand stargazers) [9/41]
   |-- Blenniidae (limakalat; combtooth blennies) [53/345]
   `--o “Clinoidea” (huulikoidensukuiset limakalat; clinid-like blennies)
      |-- Clinidae (huulikot; clinids)
      `--+-- Labrisomidae (labrisomids) [16/102]
         `-- Chaenopsidae (pikeblennies, tubeblennies, flagblennies) [9/56]

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