Family Peristediidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883 Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

? Dactylei Jarocki 1822:133, 135 [ref. 4984] (family)? Peristedion [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Peristethini Poey 1867:206 [ref. 32247] (subfamily) Peristethus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; stem changed to Peristethi- by van Oijen, Kawai & Loots 2013:211 [ref. 32725]; senior objective synonym of Peristediinae Jordan & Gilbert 1883; name never used as valid after 1899]

Peristediinae Jordan & Gilbert 1883:732 [ref. 2476] (subfamily) Peristedion [stem corrected to Peristediontby Gill 1893b:137 [ref. 26255], confirmed by Regan 1913a:170 [ref. 32621], by McCulloch 1929 –30:396 [ref. 2948] and by Whitley 1933:96 [ref. 4677]; Jordan 1923a:216 [ref. 2421], Lindberg 1971:194 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976:205 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976:117, McAllister 1990:190 [ref. 14674], del Cerro & Lloris 1997:93 [ref. 22944], Imamura 2004:33 [ref. 29602], Nelson et al. 2004:117 [ref. 27807], Jin 2006:358 and Nelson 2006:329 [ref. 32486] used the original stem Peristedi-; junior objective synonym of Peristethini Poey 1867, but in prevailing recent practice]

Gargariscinae Fowler 1938a:121 [ref. 1426] (subfamily) Gargariscus