Family Emmelichthyidae Poey 1867

Emmelichthyni [Emmelichthyini] Poey 1867:206 [ref. 32247] (subfamily) Emmelichthys [stem Emmelichthy- confirmed by Jordan 1923a:200 [ref. 2421] and by Nelson 1976:236 [ref. 32838]]

Erythrichthyidae Jordan & Thompson 1912:597 [ref. 2541] (family) Erythrichthys Temminck & Schlegel [invalid, Article 39; also preoccupied by Erythricthini [Erythrichthyini] Bonaparte 1835 in fishes, Article 55.3]

Erythroclidae Schmidt 1931:111 [ref. 16331] (family) Erythrocles [name only, but used as valid by Myers 1941:205 [ref. 32845]]