Subfamily Ptereleotrinae Bleeker 1875

Ptereleotrii Bleeker 1875a:104 [ref. 440] (tribe) Ptereleotris [stem Ptereleotr- confirmed by Fowler 1939:1 [ref. 1430]; Kottelat 2013b:435 [ref. 32989] used as stem Ptereleotrid-]

Oxymetopontinae Jordan & Eigenmann 1887:481 [ref. 8016] (subfamily) Oxymetopon [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; stem changed to Oxymetopon- by Gill 1893b:136 [ref. 26255]; original stem Oxymetopont- confirmed by Jordan & Evermann 1898b:2188 [ref. 2445] and by Whitley 1933:88 [ref. 4677]]

Pogonoculiinae Fowler 1938a:129, 134 [ref. 1426] (subfamily) Pogonoculius

Nemateleotrinae Hoese 1984:589 [ref. 5196] (subfamily) Nemateleotris [name only, published after 1960, not available, Article 13.1.1]