Family Anarhichadidae Bonaparte 1835

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Macrorhynchi Goldfuss 1820:VII, 52 [ref. 1829] (family)? Anarhichas [as Anarrhichas; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Anarrhichadini Bonaparte 1835:[13] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Anarhichas [ Anarrhichas inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem changed to Anarrhich- by Bonaparte 1850b [ref. 32551]; stem corrected to Anarhichad- by Jordan 1923a:235 [ref. 2421], confirmed by Lindberg 1971:166 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:274 [ref. 32838]; stem emended to Anarhichant- by Steyskal 1980:172 [ref. 14191]; McAllister 1990:166 [ref. 14674], Eschmeyer 1998:2485 [ref. 23416] and Nelson 2006:399 [ref. 32486] used Anarhichadidae (family); family name sometimes seen as Anarrhichadidae]

Anarrhichthyinae Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2445 [ref. 2445] (subfamily) Anarrhichthys