Family Polypteridae Bonaparte 1835

Politterini Rafinesque 1810b:33 [ref. 3595] (ordine)? Polypterus [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Armicipites Latreille 1825:120 [ref. 31889] (tribe) Polypterus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Polypterini Bonaparte 1835:[8] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Polypterus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Calamoichthyinae Gill 1893b:130 [ref. 26255] (subfamily) Calamoichthys [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; family name sometimes seen as Calamichthyidae]

Erpetoichthyidae Myers & Storey 1956:16 [ref. 32831] (family) Erpetoichthys [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; unavailable publication]