Family Heterodontidae Gray 1851

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Cestraciontini Bonaparte 1835:[4] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Cestracion Bosc [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; senior objective synonym of Heterodontina Gray 1851; family name sometimes seen as Cestraciondontidae]

Heterodontina Gray 1851:65 [ref. 4939] (tribe) Heterodontus [junior objective synonym of Cestraciontini Bonaparte 1835, but Heterodontidae in prevailing recent practice; Heterodontidae used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Kamohara 1967, Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Allen & Robertson 1994 [ref. 22193], Last & Stevens 1994 [ref. 23873], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Chu & Meng 2001, Compagno 2001 [ref. 26323], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Baldwin 2005 [ref. 28237], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Last & Stevens 2009; family name sometimes seen as Heterondontidae]

Centraciontidae Garman 1913:13, 180 [ref. 1545] (family) Centracion