Family Melanotaeniidae Gill 1894

Name in prevailing usage

Zanteclidae Castelnau 1873:88 [ref. 758] (family) Zantecla [never used as valid after 1899, Article 23.9.1.1]

Neoatherinidae Castelnau 1875:32 [ref. 768] (family) Neoatherina [never used as valid after 1899, Article 23.9.1.1]

Melanotaeniinae Gill 1894a:708 [ref. 1738] (subfamily) Melanotaenia [family name sometimes seen as Melanotaenidae; Melanotaeniidae used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Duncker & Mohr 1926 [ref. 15585], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Allen 1978 [ref. 8855], Allen & Kailola 1979 [ref. 8854], Allen 1980 [ref. 99], Allen & Cross 1980 [ref. 8761], Allen & Moore 1981 [ref. 8633], Allen & Ivantsoff 1982 [ref. 8519], Allen & Sarti 1983 [ref. 5354], Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Derijst 1989 [ref. 12460], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Sterba 1990, Crowley & Ivantsoff 1991 [ref. 19166], Aarn & Ivantsoff 1996 [ref. 22302], Allen & Renyaan 1996 [ref. 22190], Price 1997 [ref. 23466], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], McGuigan 2001 [ref. 25582], Allen, Midgley & Allen 2002 [ref. 25930], Page, Sharma & Hughes 2004 [ref. 27702], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Allen & Unmack 2008 [ref. 29477], Allen & Hadiaty 2013 [ref. 32792], Martin & Barclay 2013 [ref. 32819]; so the family-group name Melanotaeniinae Gill 1894 is valid according to Article 23.9.1]

Rhombatractidae Ogilby 1896:119 [ref. 32616] (family) Rhombatractus [name dismissed op page 131–133, not available]

Iriatherininae Aarn & Ivantsoff 1997:144 [ref. 23322] (subfamily) Iriatherina