Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther 1870

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Péroptères Duméril 1805:112 [ref. 1151] (family)? Caecilia Lacepède [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Ophichthyctes Duméril 1805:153 [ref. 1151] (no family-group name)

Cogridi Rafinesque 1810b:41 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Cogrus [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Echelini Rafinesque 1810b:42 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Echelus [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Dalofidini Rafinesque 1810b:43 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Dalophis [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Monotteridi Rafinesque 1810b:43 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Pterurus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Colubrinia Rafinesque 1815:90 [ref. 3584] (subfamily) Colubrina [as Colubrinus, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; uncertain availability]

Ophisuria Rafinesque 1815:91 [ref. 3584] (subfamily) Ophisurus [stem Ophisur- confirmed by McClelland 1844:158, 172 [ref. 2928]]

Echelia Rafinesque 1815:92 [ref. 3584] (subfamily) Echelus

? Ophictia Rafinesque 1815:92 [ref. 3584] (family)? Ophichthus [ Ophichthus inferable from the stem?, not available]

Apteridia Rafinesque 1815:93 [ref. 3584] (subfamily)? Branderius or Apterichthus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Jugulibranchia Latreille 1825:143 [ref. 31889] (family) Sphagebranchus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Apterichthini Bonaparte 1831:162, 185 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Apterichthus [stem changed to Apterichthyby Fitzinger 1873:45 [ref. 31883] based on Apterichthys]

Sphagebranchidae Swainson 1838:215 [ref. 4302] (family) Sphagebranchus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; Kaup 1856a:49 [ref. 2572] used Sphaegebranchinae (subfamily); Sphagebranchidae used after 1899]

Myrinae Kaup 1859b:6 [ref. 2586] (subfamily) Myrus

Brachysomophides Bleeker 1864–65:6, 35 [ref. 4860] (phalanx ≈ tribe) Brachysomophis

Leptognathi Bleeker 1864–65:6, 35 [ref. 4860] (phalanx ≈ tribe) Leptognathus

Ophichthyina Günther 1870:54 [ref. 1995] (group) Ophichthus [as Ophichthys, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem corrected to Ophichth- by Poey 1875:85 [ref. 3509] based on Ophichthys; stem Ophichth-, based on Ophichthus, confirmed by Gosline 1951:298 [ref. 1858], by Steyskal 1980:170 [ref. 14191] and by McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke 1989:254 [ref. 13288]; family-group name used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Daget, Gosse & Thys van den Audenaerde 1984 [ref. 6168], Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Böhlke & Chaplin 1993, Allen & Robertson 1994 [ref. 22193], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Springer & Raasch 1995:105 [ref. 25656], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Paugy, Lévêque & Teugels 2003a [ref. 29209], Reis et al. 2003 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Stiassny, Teugels & Hopkins 2007a [ref. 30009], Zhang et al. 2010 [ref. 31511], Allen & Erdmann 2012 [ref. 31980]]

Acanthenchelyidae Jordan, Evermann & Clark 1930:89 [ref. 6476] (family) Acanthenchelys

Caeculinae Fowler 1951b:3 [ref. 31928] (subfamily) Caecula [name only, used as valid before 2000?; not available; also preoccupied in spiders Acari, Article 55.3]

Aprognathodontidae Myers & Storey 1956:11 [ref. 32831] (family) Aprognathodon [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; unavailable publication]

Callechelyini McCosker 1977:13, 62 [ref. 6836] (tribe) Callechelys

Bascanichthyini McCosker 1977:13, 70 [ref. 6836] (tribe) Bascanichthys