Family Ephippidae Bleeker 1859

Name and spelling [ICZN Opinion 2302] in prevailing recent practice

Platacini Bonaparte 1850b [ref. 32551] (subfamily) Platax [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; family name sometimes seen as Plataeidae]

Ephippiformes Bleeker 1859d:XX [ref. 371] (subfamily) Ephippus [stem changed to Ephippi- by Gill 1861a:34 [ref. 1766], confirmed by Gill 1873:788 [ref. 17631]; original stem Ephipp- confirmed by Jordan 1923a:205 [ref. 2421] and by Nelson 1976:243 [ref. 32838]; stem emended to Ephippid- by Steyskal 1980:170 [ref. 14191], confirmed by Hayashi in Masuda, Amaoka, Araga, Uyeno & Yoshino 1984:181 [ref. 6441]; Nelson 2006:426 [ref. 32486] used Ephippidae, confirmed by Kottelat 2010:305 [ref. 31206] and ICZN Opinion 2302; senior objective synonym of Ilarchidae Jordan & Evermann 1902]

Proteracanthiformes Bleeker 1876b:296 [ref. 448] (subfamily) Proteracanthus [also Bleeker 1876–78:10, 17 [ref. 6835]]

Chaetodipteriformes Bleeker 1876b:300 [ref. 448] (subfamily) Chaetodipterus [also Bleeker 1876–78:10, 18 [ref. 6835]]

Ilarchidae Jordan & Evermann 1902:356 [ref. 2447] (family) Ilarches [junior objective synonym of Ephippiformes Bleeker 1859, invalid, Article 61.3.2]

Tripterodoninae Fowler 1933:186 [ref. 1414] (subfamily) Tripterodon [correct stem is Tripterodont-]

Rhinoprenidae Munro 1964:177, 179 [ref. 3058] (family) Rhinoprenes