Family Ammodytidae Bonaparte 1835

Lanceolata Latreille 1825:142 [ref. 31889] (family) Ammodytes [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Ammodytes Minding 1832:VI, 77 [ref. 3022] (family) Ammodytes [singular noun, not clearly used as a suprageneric taxon, Article 11.7.1.2; not available]

Ammodytini Bonaparte 1835:[21] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Ammodytes [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Argyrotaeninae Gill 1861a:40 [ref. 1766] (subfamily) Argyrotaenia [correct stem is Argyrotaeni-]

Bleekeriidae Jordan 1905:521 [ref. 31955] (family) Bleekeria [family name sometimes seen as Bleekeridae]

Embolichthyidae Myers & Storey 1956:15 [ref. 32831] (family) Embolichthys [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; unavailable publication]