Family Exocoetidae Risso 1827

Esocetini Rafinesque 1810b:35 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Exocoetus [as Exocetus; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

? Lepomia Rafinesque 1815:88 [ref. 3584] (subfamily)? Exocoetus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Les Exocéides Risso 1827:111 [ref. 3757] (family) Exocoetus [as Exocetus; latinized to Exocetini (subfamily) by Bonaparte 1831:160, 180 [ref. 4978] based on Exocetus, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem corrected to Exocoet- by Gill 1861a:38 [ref. 1766], confirmed by Moreau 1881:v.3 478 [ref. 3040], by Jordan & Evermann 1896a:726 [ref. 2443] and by Jordan 1923a:161 [ref. 2421]; considered valid with this authorship by Gill 1893b:133 [ref. 26255], by Nolf 1985:67 [ref. 32698], by Patterson 1993:638 [ref. 32940] and by Sheiko 2013:68 [ref. 32944] Article 11.7.2]

Fodiatorinae Fowler 1925:3 [ref. 1401] (subfamily) Fodiator

Cypselurinae Hubbs 1933:575, 577 [ref. 32619] (subfamily) Cypselurus [subfamily name sometimes seen as Cypsilurinae]

Parexocoetinae Bruun 1935:84 [ref. 5130] (subfamily) Parexocoetus [name only, but used as valid by Breder 1938:3, 113 [ref. 17133] and by Fowler 1956b:147 [ref. 1468] Article 13.2.1]