Subfamily Trachyrincinae Goode & Bean 1896

Name in prevailing recent practice

Les Lépidolèprides Risso 1827:105 [ref. 3757] (family) Lepidoleprus [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Lepidolepridae Swainson 1839:179, 261 [ref. 4303] (family) Lepidoleprus [senior objective synonym of Trachyrinchinae Goode & Bean, but never used after 1899]

Lepidosomatidae Adams in Adams, Baikie & Barron 1854:101 [ref. 31954] (family) Lepidosoma Swainson [invalid, Article 39]

Trachyrinchinae Goode & Bean 1896:390 [ref. 1848] (subfamily) Trachyrincus [as Trachyrinchus, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; corrected to Trachyrincinae by Cohen 1984:264 [ref. 13646], confirmed by Cohen, Inada, Iwamoto & Scialabba 1990:312 [ref. 18936] and by Endo 2002:112 [ref. 26606]; junior objective synonym of Lepidolepridae Swainson 1839, but in prevailing recent practice; family-group name also used as valid by: Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Sazonov & Iwamoto 1992 [ref. 19517], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Smith & Heemstra 1995 [ref. 21953], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Bailly, Hureau & Pruvost 1999 [ref. 24244], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486]]