Subfamily Congrinae Kaup 1856

Atteridi Rafinesque 1810b:49 [ref. 3595] (ordine)? Leptocephalus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Ophioides Goldfuss 1820: VI, 42 [ref. 1829] (family)? Leptocephalus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Leptocephalini Bonaparte 1845:389 [ref. 32998] (subfamily) Leptocephalus Gronow [also Bonaparte 1846:40 [ref. 519]; genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; no valid type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Congeridae Kaup 1856a:71 [ref. 2572] (family) Conger [also Kaup 1856b:108 [ref. 2573]; stem changed to Congr- by Bleeker 1864–65:5 [ref. 4860], confirmed by Gill 1872:20 [ref. 26254], by Nelson 1976:87 [ref. 32838] and by Nelson 2006:122 [ref. 32486]]

Macrocephenchelyidae Fowler 1934a:275 [ref. 1416] (family) Macrocephenchelys [family name sometimes seen as Macrocephenchelidae or Macrocephanchelidae]

Scalanagoinae Whitley 1935a:216 [ref. 4683] (subfamily) Scalanago

Urocongrinae Fowler 1958b:15 [ref. 1470] (subfamily) Uroconger