Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque 1815

Zifidi Rafinesque 1810b:39 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Xiphias [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Xyphidia Rafinesque 1815:91 [ref. 3584] (subfamily) Xiphias [stem corrected to Xiphiad- by Bonaparte 1831:158, 173 [ref. 4978]; stem changed to Xiphe- by Bonaparte 1846:8 [ref. 519]; stem corrected to Xiphi- by Richardson 1846:276 [ref. 3742], confirmed by Günther 1860:511 [ref. 1963], by Gill 1873:787 [ref. 17631], by Goode 1876:45 [ref. 1832], by Jordan 1923a:181 [ref. 2421], by Lindberg 1971:180 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:286 [ref. 32838]]

Xiphirynchi Latreille 1825:131 [ref. 31889] (family) Xiphias [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]