Subfamily Blenniinae Rafinesque 1810

Blennidi Rafinesque 1810b:9 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Blennius [latinized to Blennidia by Rafinesque 1815:82 [ref. 3584] (family); latinized to Blennii by Jarocki 1822:296, 319 [ref. 4984], stem Blenni- confirmed by Minding 1832:VI, 80, 85 [ref. 3022] and by Bonaparte 1846:7, 66 [ref. 519]; considered valid with this authorship by Gill 1893b:136 [ref. 26255], by Nolf 1985:96 [ref. 32698], by Patterson 1993:648 [ref. 32940] and by Sheiko 2013:109 [ref. 32944] Article 11.7.2]

Polactylia Rafinesque 1815:82 [ref. 3584] (subfamily)? Blennius [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Ophidonidae Swainson 1839:49, 259 [ref. 4303] (family)? Xiphasia [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Nemophidae Kaup 1858a:169 [ref. 2577] (family) Nemophis [stem changed to Nemophid- by Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966:401 [ref. 26856]; original stem Nemoph- confirmed by Steyskal 1980:171 [ref. 14191] and by Nelson 2006:413 [ref. 32486]]

Xiphasiinae Gill 1863h:253 [ref. 1688] (subfamily) Xiphasia

Plagiotrematinae Gill 1865a:138 [ref. 1677] (subfamily) Plagiotremus [stem corrected to Plagiotrem- by Gill 1893b:136 [ref. 26255], confirmed by Myers & Storey 1956:22 [ref. 32831] and by Fowler 1958c:170 [ref. 31906]]

Runulinae Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2346 [ref. 2445] (subfamily) Runula

Atopoclinidae Jordan 1923a:233 [ref. 2421] (family) Atopoclinus

Petroscirtinae Whitley 1935b:351 [ref. 4684] (subfamily) Petroscirtes [name only, but used as valid by Norman 1944:796 [ref. 3228] and by Fowler 1958c:229 [ref. 31906] Article 13.2.1]

Xiphogadidae Myers & Storey 1956:27 [ref. 32831] (family) Xiphogadus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; unavailable publication]

Omobranchini Springer 1968:64 [ref. 32632] (tribe) Omobranchus

Phenablenniini Springer & Smith-Vaniz 1972:65 [ref. 4180] (tribe) Phenablennius