Subfamily Stomiinae Bleeker 1859

Cryptobranchii Jarocki 1822:359 [ref. 4984] (family) Stomias [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Stomiaeformes Bleeker 1859d:XXXII [ref. 371] (subfamily) Stomias [stem changed to Stomiat- by Günther 1864:424 [ref. 1974], confirmed by Bleeker 1870–75:149 [ref. 428], by Moreau 1881:v.3 488 [ref. 3040] and by Regan & Trewavas 1930:38 [ref. 3681]; stem emended to Stomi- by Steyskal 1980:172 [ref. 14191], confirmed by Nelson 2006:210 [ref. 32486]; family name also used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], 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], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006, Fierstine, Huddleston & Takeuchi 2012]