Family Odacidae Günther 1861

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Siphonognathinae Gill 1861j:168 [ref. 1776] (subfamily) Siphonognathus [family-group name not used as valid after 1899]

Odacina Günther 1861b:388 [ref. 1967] (group) Odax [family-group name used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966 [ref. 26856], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Scott 1976 [ref. 3996], Shiino 1976, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Gomon & Paxton 1986 [ref. 5656], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486]]

Neoodacidae McCulloch 1922:99 [ref. 17624] (family) Neoodax [family name sometimes seen as Neodacidae or Neodaciidae]