Subfamily Pseudochrominae Müller & Troschel 1849

Pseudochromidae Müller & Troschel 1849:22 [ref. 3073] (family) Pseudochromis [stem changed to Pseudochromid- by Günther 1860:254 [ref. 1963], confirmed by Fitzinger 1873:31 [ref. 31883], by Gill 1890a:4814 [ref. 32974] and by Regan 1913c:114 [ref. 3654]; original stem Pseudochrom- confirmed by Gill 1893b:136 [ref. 26255], by Jordan 1923a:194 [ref. 2421], by Lindberg 1971:140 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:222 [ref. 32838]]

Cichlopini Bleeker 1875b:2 [ref. 444] (tribe) Cichlops [also as phalanx Bleeker 1876b:320 [ref. 448]]

Nesiotidae Myers & Storey 1956:21 [ref. 32831] (family) Nesiotes De Vis [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; unavailable publication; if available then invalid, Article 39]

Assiculinae Gill 2013:131 [ref. 32907] (subfamily) Assiculus

Assiculoidinae Gill 2013:133 [ref. 32907] (subfamily) Assiculoides