Subfamily Percophinae Swainson 1839

Percophinae Swainson 1839:168, 203 [ref. 4303] (subfamily) Percophis [stem changed to Percophid- by Gill 1885a:247 [ref. 1653], confirmed by Lindberg 1971:160 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:261 [ref. 32838]; stem changed to Percophi- by Boulenger 1904b:705 [ref. 31880]; original stem Percophconfirmed by Steyskal 1980:171 [ref. 14191] and by Nelson 2006:407 [ref. 32486]]