Family Terapontidae Richardson 1842

Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Helotinae Swainson 1839:16, 22, 208 [ref. 4303] (subfamily) Helotes

Datninae Swainson 1839:169 [ref. 4303] (subfamily) Datnia [stem corrected to Datni- by Bleeker 1859a:352 [ref. 16983], confirmed by Bleeker 1876a:266 [ref. 447], by Kottelat 2000a:93 [ref. 25865] and by Kottelat 2013b:368 [ref. 32989]]

Theraponini Richardson 1842:107 [ref. 13097] (group) Terapon [as Therapon, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem corrected to Terapont- by McCulloch 1929 –30:159 [ref. 2948], confirmed by Vari 1992:1 [ref. 19770] and by Kottelat 2013b:368 [ref. 32989]; family-group name also used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Sterba 1962, Kamohara 1967, McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Daget, Gosse & Thys van den Audenaerde 1986 [ref. 6189], Whitehead et al. (1986a) [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Sterba 1990, Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Allen, Midgley & Allen 2002 [ref. 25930], Springer & Johnson 2004 [ref. 33199], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Kimura, Satapoomin & Matsuura 2009 [ref. 30425], Maeda, Saeki & Tachihara 2011 [ref. 32004], Allen & Erdmann 2012 [ref. 31980], Vari & Hadiaty 2012 [ref. 31811]; family name sometimes seen as Therapontidae or Teraponidae or Tesapontidae]