Subfamily Merlucciinae Rafinesque 1815

Merluccia Rafinesque 1815:82 [ref. 3584] (subfamily) Merluccius [stem corrected to Merlucci- by Gill 1863g:229 [ref. 1687] and Gill 1863h:244 [ref. 1688], confirmed by Jordan 1923a:164 [ref. 2421], by Lindberg 1971:102 [ref. 27211], by Nelson 1976:155 [ref. 32838] and by Endo 2002:112 [ref. 26606]; stem sometimes seen as Merluc- based on Merlucius]

Lyconidae Günther 1887:158 [ref. 2013] (family) Lyconus

Macruroninae Regan 1903:465 [ref. 3617] (subfamily) Macruronus