Subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte 1831

Unipupillati Latreille 1825:123 [ref. 31889] (tribe) Poecilia [as Paecilia; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Paecilini Bonaparte 1831:160, 179 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Poecilia [as Paecilia, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; changed to Poëcilioidei by Fitzinger 1832:333 [ref. 5019]; corrected to Poecilinae by Swainson 1838:365 [ref. 4302] and 1839:190 [ref. 4303]; corrected to Poeciliinae by Garman 1895:40 [ref. 1538], confirmed by Jordan & Evermann 1896a:630 [ref.2443] and by Regan 1911d:323 [ref. 5761]]

Belonesocini Bleeker 1863–64:140 [ref. 4859] (stirps) Belonesox

Cyprinodontidae limnophagae Günther 1866:300, 339 [ref. 1983]? Poecilia [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Gambusiinae Gill 1889e:2446 [ref. 32834] (subfamily) Gambusia [stem sometimes seen as Gambus-]

Tomeurinae Eigenmann 1912:460 [ref. 1227] (subfamily) Tomeurus

Poeciliopsinae Hubbs 1924:9 [ref. 2231] (subfamily) Poeciliopsis

Heterandriini Hubbs 1924:7 [ref. 2231] (tribe) Heterandria [stem sometimes seen as Heterandr-]

Girardinini Hubbs 1924:9 [ref. 2231] (tribe) Girardinus

Cnesterodontini Hubbs 1924:9 [ref. 2231] (tribe) Cnesterodon

Pamphoriini Hubbs 1924:10 [ref. 2231] (tribe) Pamphoria

Xiphophorini Hubbs 1924:10 [ref. 2231] (tribe) Xiphophorus

Alfarini Hubbs 1924:11 [ref. 2231] (tribe) Alfaro

Quintanini Howell Rivero & Rivas 1944:5 [ref. 7312] (tribe) Quintana

Xenodexiinae Hubbs 1950:5 [ref. 2250] (subfamily) Xenodexia [stem sometimes seen as Xenodex-]

Dicerophallini Álvarez 1952:95 [ref. 102] (tribe) Dicerophallus

Scolichthyini Rosen 1967:2 [ref. 3808] (tribe) Scolichthys

Priapellini Ghedotti 2000:39 [ref. 27228] (tribe) Priapella

Brachyrhaphini Lucinda & Reis 2005:38 [ref. 29205] (tribe) Brachyrhaphis

Priapichthyini Lucinda & Reis 2005:38 [ref. 29205] (tribe) Priapichthys