Family Anabantidae Bonaparte 1831

Branchies labyrinthiques Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:572 [ref. 4880] (family) Anabas [also Pharyngiens labyrinthiformes Cuvier 1829:225 [ref. 995]; also as Labyrinthiform Pharyngeals; latinized to Labyrinthibranchii by Owen 1846:49 [ref. 32214]; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Anabatini Bonaparte 1831:158, 176 [ref. 4978] (subfamily) Anabas [stem corrected to Anabant- by Eichwald 1831:71 [ref. 5562], confirmed by Bonaparte 1837:[7] [ref. 32243], by Cope 1871:459 [ref. 920], by Jordan 1923a:176 [ref. 2421], by Lindberg 1971:184 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:290 [ref. 32838]; family name sometimes seen as Anabasidae]

Spirobranchidae Swainson 1839: 174, 235 [ref. 4303] (family) Spirobranchus Cuvier [invalid, Article 39]

Coiidae Fowler 1905b:504 [ref. 1370] (family) Coius [family name sometimes seen as Colidae]

Ctenopominae Cambray 1997:299, 300 [ref. 33127] (subfamily) Ctenopoma [name only, but bibliographic reference to the description by Norris 1994; correct stem is Ctenopomat- Kottelat 2013b:447 [ref. 32989]]