Subfamily Trichomycterinae Bleeker 1858

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Eremophilini Bonaparte 1845:387 [ref. 32998] (subfamily) Eremophilus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; also Bonaparte 1846:5 [ref. 519]; family-group name not used as valid after 1899]

Trichomycterini Bleeker 1858a:40 [ref. 32230] (phalanx) Trichomycterus [also Bleeker 1858b:49 [ref. 365]; Trichomycteridae used as valid by: McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Burgess 1989 [ref. 12860], Sterba 1990, Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Reis et al. 2003 [ref. 27061], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Sullivan, Lundberg & Hardman 2006 [ref. 28869], Buckup, Menezes & Ghazzi 2007, Ferraris 2007 [ref. 29155]]

Pygidiidae Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888:647 [ref. 32183] (family) Pygidium [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]