Family Cirrhitidae Macleay 1841

Dimérédes Duméril 1805:142 [ref. 1151] (family)? Cirrhitus [latinized to Dimerides by Jarocki 1822:27, 129 [ref. 4984]; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Cirrhitidae Macleay 1841:265, 267 [ref. 32498] (group) Cirrhitus [also Macleay 1842:201 [ref. 32499]; stem changed to Cirrhite- by Bleeker 1859d:XX [ref. 371]; original stem Cirrhit- confirmed by Gill 1862e:102 [ref. 1658], by Jordan 1923a:203 [ref. 2421], by Nelson 1976:253 [ref. 32838] and by Nelson 2006:385 [ref. 32486]]

Oxycirrhitei Bleeker 1876b:314 [ref. 448] (subphalanx ≈ subtribe) Oxycirrhites [also Bleeker 1877:148 [ref 4862]]

Cirrhitichthyidi Fowler 1956a:317 [ref. 1469] (tribe) Cirrhitichthys