Family Gempylidae Gill 1862

Aphyostomes Duméril 1805:106 [ref. 1151] (family)? Macrorhyncus [latinized to Aphyostomi by Jarocki 1822:383 [ref. 4984]; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Gempylinae Gill 1862f:125, 126 [ref. 1659] (subfamily) Gempylus [also Gill 1862o:329 [ref. 32252]]

Thyrsitinae Gill 1862o:329 [ref. 32252] (subfamily) Thyrsites

Lemnisomidae Fowler 1905a:767 [ref. 1368] (family) Lemnisoma [replacement for Gempylidae; also as subfamily Lemnisominae; family name sometimes seen as Lemnisomatidae]

Ruvettidae Snyder 1911:527 [ref. 4152] (family) Ruvettus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Acinaceidae Whitley 1929a:118 [ref. 4665] (family) Acinacea [also ‘Whitley 1929 in’ McCulloch 1929 –30:268 [ref. 2948]; invalid, Article 39]

Lepidocybiinae Johnson 1986:7, 39 [ref. 5676] (subfamily) Lepidocybium