Subfamily Gymnelinae Gill 1863
Gymnelinae Gill 1863i:256, 261 [ref. 1689] (subfamily) Gymnelus
Melanostigmatinae Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2456 [ref. 2445] (subfamily) Melanostigma [Lindberg 1971:174 [ref. 27211] used Melanostigminae]
Hadropareiinae Andriashev 1939:76 [ref. 27253] (subfamily) Hadropareia [name only, but used as valid, as Hadropareinae, by Lindberg 1971:174 [ref. 27211] and by Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:122 [ref. 7348] Article 13.2.1; original stem Hadroparei- is correct Sheiko 2013:111 [ref. 32944]]
Nalbantichthyinae Fedorov & Sheiko 1988:120 [ref. 12755] (subfamily) Nalbantichthys