Family Monocentridae Gill 1859

Spelling in prevailing recent practice

? Notacandia Rafinesque 1815:85 [ref. 3584] (subfamily)? Lepisacanthus [as Lepicantha; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Monocentroidae Gill 1859b:144 [ref. 1762] (family) Monocentris [also as subfamily Monocentrinae; stem emended to Monocentrid- by Steyskal 1980:170 [ref. 14191]; Eschmeyer 1998:2471 [ref. 23416] and Nelson 2006:301 [ref. 32486] used Monocentridae]