Family Centropomidae Poey 1867

? Centropomatei Gravenhorst 1843:348 [ref. 32622] (family) ?? Centropomus [genus not mentioned, probably not based on Centropomus, not available]

Centropomi van der Hoeven 1855:412 [ref. 2182] (no family-group name)

Centropomatida Poey 1867:205 [ref. 32247] (family) Centropomus [also as Centropomatidi in Poey 1868:280 [ref. 3505]; stem corrected to Centropom- by Gill 1872:11 [ref. 26254], confirmed by Jordan 1923a:190 [ref. 2421], by Nelson 1976:219 [ref. 32838] and by Nelson 2006:342 [ref. 32486]; senior objective synonym of Oxylabracidae Jordan & Thompson 1905]

Oxylabracidae Jordan & Thompson 1905:239 [ref. 2538] (family) Oxylabrax [also Jordan 1905:319 [ref. 31955]; junior objective synonym of Centropomatida Poey 1867, invalid, Article 61.3.2]