Family Gasterosteidae Bonaparte 1831

Gasterosteini Bonaparte 1831:156, 169 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Gasterosteus [family name sometimes seen as Gastrosteidae]

Aspidognathi van der Hoeven 1832:249 [ref. 5061] (family) Gasterosteus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Spinachianae Gill 1862j:233 [ref. 1663] (subfamily) Spinachia [stem Spinachi- confirmed by Gill 1884c:159 [ref. 17660]; family name sometimes seen as Spinaceidae]

Apeltinae Gill 1884c:157 [ref. 17660] (subfamily) Apeltes