Family Mastacembelidae Swainson 1839

Mastecemblinae Swainson 1839:175 [ref. 4303] (subfamily) Mastacembelus [as Mastecemblus, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem corrected to Mastacembel- by Günther 1861c:539 [ref. 1964], confirmed by Gill 1872:21 [ref. 26254] and by Kottelat 2013b:310 [ref. 32989]]

Rhynchobdelloiden Bleeker 1850:cover of preprint of Bleeker 1850 [ref. 16905] (family?) Rhynchobdella [cover title in Dutch: Bijdrage tot de kennis der Teuthieden en Rhynchobdelloiden van den SoendaMolukschen archipel; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Rhynchobdelloiden Troschel 1852:90 [ref. 33126] (family?) Rhynchobdella [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Rhynchobdelloidei Bleeker 1859b:370 [ref. 16984] (family) Rhynchobdella [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; also Bleeker 1859d:XXIII [ref. 371]]

Macrognathidae Fowler 1904:501 [ref. 1367] Macrognathus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Afromastacembelinae Travers 1984:144 [ref. 5147] (subfamily) Afromastacembelus