After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001

<==o Percidae (perches; ahvenet) [7/153]
   |-- †Anthracoperca siebergi Voigt, 1934; M. Eoc. Eu. 
   |-- †Carangopis M. Eoc. Eu. 
   |-- †Cristigerina Lerich, 1905; Eoc. Eu. 
   |?- †Dasceles dassurus Jordan, 1925; Mioc. NA.
   |?- †Erisceles pristinus Jordan 1925; Mioc. NA. 
   |?- †Guoyquichthys Tert. SA. 
   |--o †Mioplosus labracoides Cope 1877;  Eoc. NA. 
   |  |-- †M. abbreviatus Cope, 1877
   |  |-- †M. beani Cope, 1877
   |  |-- †M. labracoides Cope, 1877
   |  `-- †M. longus Cope, 1877
   |?- †Pachygaster Olig. Eu. 
   |?- †Paralates Olig. Eu. 
   |-- †Percaletes Mioc. NZ.
   |-- †Podocys Olig. Eu. 
   |-- †Propercarina Olig. Eu. 
   |--o Luciopercinae (walleyes; kuhat)
   |  |--o †Leobergia Schtylko, 1934; E.Mioc.-E.Plio. NAs. Eu. 
   |  |  |-- †L. sibirica Schtylko, 1934
   |  |  |-- †L. zaissanicus (Lebedev, 1959) [Lucioperca zaissanicus Lebedev, 1959; Lucioperca zaissanicus occidentalis Tarashchuk, 1965]
   |  |  `-- †L. catenata Sytchevskaya, 1989
   |  |-- Romanichthys valsanicola Dumitrescu, Banarescu & Stoica, 1957 (Asprete)
   |  |--o Zingel [Aspro] (Zingels; tsingelit)
   |  |  |-- Z .streber (Siebold, 1863) (Danube streber)
   |  |  |-- Z. asper (Linnaeus, 1758) (hyppijätsingeli; Rhone streber)
   |  |  `-- Z. zingel (Linnaeus, 1766) (tsingeli; Zingel)
   |  `--o Sandar Oken, 1817 [incl.? Stizostedion Rafinesque, 1820] M.Mioc.-R. Eu. (walleyes; kuhat)
   |     |-- †S. martinii Rückert-Ülkumen, 1994
   |     |-- †S. svetovidovi Kovalchuk, 2015b
   |     |-- †S. teneri Murray, Cumbaa, Harington, Smith, and Rybczynski, 2009
   |     |-- S. lucioperca Linnaeus, 1758 [Stizostedion lucioperca; Lucioperca lucioperca Tarashchuk, 1965] (Zander; kuha)
   |     |-- S. volgensis Gmelin, 1789 (Volga pikeperch; volgankuha)
   |     |-- S. canadense (Griffith & Smith, 1834) (Sauger)
   |     |-- S. marinum (Cuvier, 1828) (Estuarine perch; suistokuha)
   |     `-- S. vitreum (Mitchill, 1818) (Walleye)
   `--o Percinae (perches; ahvenet)
      |--o Percini (perches; ahvenet)
      |  |--o Perca Linnaeus, 1758 [?Coeloperca, Eoperca, ?Percostoma, ?Plioplarchus, ?Sandroserrus] Eoc. R. Eu. Olig. Pleist. R. NA. Mioc. WAs. (perches; ahvenet)
      |  |  |-- P. fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 [P. fluvialis; lapsus calami] (ahven; European perch)
      |  |  |-- P. schrenkii Kessler, 1874 [P. schrenki] (Balkhash perch)
      |  |  `-- P. flavescens (Mitchill, 1814) (kelta-ahven; Yellow perch)
      |  `--o Gymnocephalus [Acerina] U. Tert. R. As. R. Eu. (Ruffes; kiisket) [4]
      |     |-- G. acerinus (Güldenstädt, 1774) (Donets ruffe; donetskinkiiski)
      |     |-- G. baloni Holcík & Hensel, 1974 (Danube ruffe; tonavankiiski)
      |     |-- G. cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758) [G. cernua] (kiiski; Ruffe)
      |     `-- G. schraetser (Linnaeus, 1758) (Schraetzer)
      `--o Etheostomatini (darters; nuoliahvenet)
         |-- Etheostoma [116] [is paraphyletic? (Kinziger, Wood & Welsh, 2001)]
         |--o Ammocrypta
         |  |-- A. asprella (Jordan, 1878) (Crystal darter)
         |  |-- A. beani Jordan, 1877 (Naked sand darter)
         |  |-- A. bifascia Williams, 1975 (Florida sand darter)
         |  |-- A. clara Jordan & Meek, 1885 (Western sand darter)
         |  |-- A. meridiana Williams, 1975 (Southern sand darter)
         |  |-- A. pellucida (Agassiz, 1863) (Eastern sand darter)
         |  `-- A. vivax Hay, 1882 (Scaly sand darter)
         |-- Crystallaria asprella
         |?-o Percarina demidoffi
         |  |-- P. d. demidoffi Nordmann, 1840 (Percarina)
         |  `-- P. d. maeotica Kuznetsov, 1888 (Azov Percarina)
         `-- Percina Olig. R. Eu. [33-40 species]

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