Family Balistidae Rafinesque 1810

Balistini Rafinesque 1810b:41 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Balistes [latinized to Balistia by Rafinesque 1815:92 [ref. 3584] (subfamily); latinized to Balistidae by Bonaparte 1831:186 [ref. 4978] (family); considered valid with this authorship by Gill 1893b:137 [ref. 26255], by Patterson 1993:653 [ref. 32940] and by Sheiko 2013:135 [ref. 32944] Article 11.7.2]

Sclérodermes Cuvier 1816:149 [ref. 993] (family) Balistes [latinized to Sclerodermata by Schinz 1822:251 [ref. 3926] and by Minding 1832:V, 64 [ref. 3022]; latinized to Sclerodermi by Stark 1828:394 [ref. 4193]; latinized to Sclerodermatoidei by Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz 1829 –31:137 [ref. 13]; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]