Family Ctenoluciidae Schultz 1944

Xiphostomi Swainson 1838:259 [ref. 4302] (no family-group name)

Xiphostominae Boulenger 1904b:576 [ref. 31880] (subfamily) Xiphostoma Agassiz [stem corrected to Xiphostomat- by Regan 1911e:20 [ref. 3642], confirmed by Myers & Storey 1956:27 [ref. 32831] and by Lindberg 1971:84 [ref. 27211]; invalid, Article 39]

Ctenolucinae Schultz 1944b:258, 259 [ref. 3960] (subfamily) Ctenolucius [stem emended to Ctenoluci- by Fowler 1950:327 [ref. 18869], confirmed by Lindberg 1971:84 [ref. 27211], by Géry 1972b:50, 64 [ref. 1594] and by Vari 1995:41 [ref. 21840]]

Spixostomatidae Whitley 1951b:407 [ref. 4715] (family) Spixostoma [replacement name for Xiphostomidae]