Family Solenostomidae Nardo 1843

Prostomides Latreille 1825:117 [ref. 31889] (family) Solenostomus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Solenostomini Nardo 1843:244 [ref. 31940] (subfamily) Solenostomus [stem changed to Solenostomat- by Bleeker 1859d:XV [ref. 371], confirmed by Myers & Storey 1956:25 [ref. 32831] and by Smith 1961b:173 [ref. 18723]; Lindberg 1971:108 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976:196 [ref. 32838] and Nelson 2006:312 [ref. 32486] used Solenostomidae; senior objective synonym of Solenichthyoidei Bleeker 1865 and of Solenostomatichthyidae Fowler 1934]

Solenichthyoidei Bleeker 1865a:273 [ref. 415] (family) Solenichthys [junior objective synonym of Solenostomini Nardo 1843, invalid, Article 61.3.2]

Solenostomatichthyidae Fowler 1934e:311 [ref. 32514] (family) Solenostomatichthys [junior objective synonym of Solenostomini Nardo 1843, invalid, Article 61.3.2]