Kingdom Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
Phylum Chordata -- chordates, cordado, cordés
Subphylum Vertebrata -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés
Superclass Osteichthyes -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux
Class Actinopterygii -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes
Subclass Neopterygii -- neopterygians
Infraclass Teleostei
Superorder Acanthopterygii
Order Perciformes -- perch-like fishes
Suborder Percoidei
Family Percichthyidae -- temperate basses
Genus Macquaria Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
Species Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) -- golden perch