Family Uranoscopidae Bonaparte 1831
? Platycephali Jarocki 1822:296, 302 [ref. 4984] (family)? Uranoscopus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]
Uranoscopini Bonaparte 1831:156 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Uranoscopus
Xenocephalinae Kaup 1858b:85 [ref. 2576] (subfamily) Xenocephalus
Kathetostomatinae Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2306 [ref. 2445] (subfamily) Kathetostoma Ichthyscopinae Jordan & Snyder 1902a:473 [ref. 2513] (subfamily) Ichthyscopus
Gnathagninae Jordan & Snyder 1902a:474 [ref. 2513] (subfamily) Gnathagnus
Astroscopidae Fowler 1907a:341 [ref. 32852] (family) Astroscopus
Pleuroscopidae Smith 1949:177 [ref. 5846] (family) Pleuroscopus