Subfamily Hexagramminae Jordan 1888

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Chiridae Swainson 1839:83, 184, 282 [ref. 4303] (family) Chirus [family-group name used as valid after 1899]

Heterolepidina Günther 1860:87 [ref. 1963] (group) Chirus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Agramminae Jordan & Gilbert 1883:641 [ref. 2476] (subfamily) Agrammus

Hexagrammidae Jordan 1888:147 [ref. 2390] (family) Hexagrammos [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; maybe based on Hexagrammus, as did Gill 1889d:2819 [ref. 26214]; Hexagrammidae used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Bertin & Arambourg 1958, Bailey et al. 1960 [ref. 27285], Lagler, Bardach & Miller 1962, Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966 [ref. 26856], Kamohara 1967, McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Rutenberg 1970 [ref. 24028], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Norman & Greenwood 1975, Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], McAllister 1990 [ref. 14674], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Springer & Johnson 2004 [ref. 33199], Jin 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Fierstine, Huddleston & Takeuchi 2012]