Family Phosichthyidae Weitzman 1974

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Cocciina Günther 1864:387 [ref. 1974] (group) Coccia

Photichthyidae Weitzman 1974:333, 472 [ref. 5174] (family) Phosichthys [as Photichthys, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; corrected to Phosichthyidae by Eschmeyer 1990:312 [ref. 23276], not confirmed by Nelson 1994:198 [ref. 26204], confirmed by Nelson 2006:210 [ref. 32486]; family-group name also used as valid by: Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Mukhacheva 1980 [ref. 8685], Johnson & Feltes 1984 [ref. 5348], Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Parin & Borodulina 1990 [ref. 20170], Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Golani 1994 [ref. 23162], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006]