Subfamily Xiphisterinae Jordan 1880

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Cebedichthyinae Gill 1862n:279 [ref. 1666] (subfamily) Cebidichthys [as Cebedichthys, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; stem corrected to Cebidichthy- by Jordan 1923a:233 [ref. 2421], confirmed by Myers & Storey 1956:12 [ref. 32831], by Makushok 1958:84 [ref. 2878], by Makushok 1961:200 [ref. 26645] and by Yatsu 1986:663, 675 [ref. 5150]]

Xiphidiontidae Gill 1865b:143 [ref. 1676] (family) Xiphidion Girard [also Gill 1865c:247 [ref. 1707]; stem changed to Xiphidi- by Jordan 1905:511 [ref. 31955]; invalid, Article 39 or no valid type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Xiphisteridae Jordan 1880:241 [ref. 2381] (family) Xiphister [stem changed to Xiphisteri- by McAllister 1968:145 [ref. 26854]; family-group name used as valid by: Jordan 1923a:234 [ref. 2421], Makushok 1958 [ref. 2878], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975 [ref. 7348], Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], McAllister 1990 [ref. 14674], Radchenko, Chereshnev & Petrovskaya 2012 [ref. 32479]]

Dictyosomatinae Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2349 [ref. 2445] (subfamily) Dictyosoma [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; stem changed to Dictyosom- by Jordan & Snyder 1902c:443 [ref. 2516], confirmed by Fowler 1958c:254 [ref. 31906]]

Alectriinae Makushok 1958:62, 75, 96 [ref. 2878] (subfamily) Alectrias