Family Esocidae Rafinesque 1815

Esocidi Rafinesque 1810b:34 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Esox [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Esoxidia Rafinesque 1815:89 [ref. 3584] (subfamily) Esox [stem corrected to Esoc- by Jarocki 1822:27, 102 [ref. 4984], confirmed by Bonaparte 1831:179 [ref. 4978]; senior objective synonym of Lucioides Minding 1832; family name sometimes seen as Esocesidae]

Lucioides / Lucioïdes Minding 1832:VIII, 121 [ref. 3022] (family) Lucius [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; stem Luci- confirmed by Bonaparte 1850a:456 [ref. 27352]; junior objective synonym of Esocidae Rafinesque 1815, invalid, Article 61.3.2]