Subfamily Melanostomiinae Parr 1927

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Photonectinae Jordan & Evermann 1896a:588 [ref. 2443] (subfamily) Photonectes

Eustomiatinae Fowler 1925:1 [ref. 1401] (subfamily) Eustomias [correct stem is Eustomi- Sheiko 2013:56 [ref. 32944]]

Melanostomiatidae Parr 1927:1, 19 [ref. 3367] (family) Melanostomias [stem emended to Melanostomi- by Steyskal 1980:172 [ref. 14191], confirmed by McAllister 1990:132 [ref. 14674] and by Nelson 2006:211 [ref. 32486]; family-group name also used as valid by: Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Quéro et al. 1990 [ref. 15946], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Hoese et al. 2006; family name sometimes seen as Melanostomidae]

Bathophilinae Fowler 1936c:1164 [ref. 6546] (subfamily) Bathophilus