Family Pholidichthyidae Jordan 1896

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Brotulophinae Gill 1863h:253 [ref. 1688] (subfamily) Brotulophis [stem corrected to Brotulophid- by Gill 1872:3 [ref.26254], confirmed by Gill 1884d:176 [ref. 1725]]

Pholidichthyinae Jordan 1896:233 [ref. 2395] (subfamily) Pholidichthys [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; Pholidichthyidae used as valid by: McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Springer & Freihofer 1976 [ref. 7108], Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Springer 2001 [ref. 26282], Springer & Johnson 2004 [ref. 33199], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Allen & Erdmann 2012 [ref. 31980]]