Family Torpedinidae Henle 1834

? Plagiostomes Duméril 1805:102 [ref. 1151] (family)? Torpedo [sometimes seen as Plagiostomata; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Torpedines Henle 1834:29 [ref. 2092] (Gruppe?) Torpedo [stem Torpedin- confirmed by Bonaparte 1835:[3] [ref. 32242], by Günther 1870:448 [ref. 1995], by Gill 1873:790 [ref. 17631], by Carus 1893:527 [ref. 17975], by Fowler 1947:15 [ref. 1458], by Lindberg 1971:56 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:42 [ref. 32838]; name sometimes seen as Torpedidae or Torpedinae; senior objective synonym of Narcobatidae Jordan 1895]

Narcaciontoidae Gill 1862p:386 [ref. 1783] (family) Narcacion [also as subfamily Narcaciontinae]

Narcobatidae Jordan 1895:387 [ref. 2394] (family) Narcobatus [junior objective synonym of Torpedines, invalid, Article 61.3.2]