Subfamily Mochokinae Regan 1912 Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Synodontini Bleeker 1862–63:6 [ref. 393] (stirps) Synodontis [preoccupied by Synodontoidae Gill 1861 in fishes, invalid, Article 55.3; see Russell 1987 [ref. 32600]; family name sometimes seen as Synodidae]

Rhinoglanina Günther 1864:216 [ref. 1974] (group) Rhinoglanis

Mochocidae Regan 1912b:36 [ref. 33057] (family) Mochokus [ Mochocus inferred from the stem; corrected to Mochokidae by Jordan 1923a:150 [ref. 2421]; family-group name also used as valid by: Poll 1957, Sterba 1962, McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Daget, Gosse & Thys van den Audenaerde 1986 [ref. 6189], Burgess 1989 [ref. 12860], Sterba 1990, Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Paugy, Lévêque & Teugels 2003b [ref. 29208], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Sullivan, Lundberg & Hardman 2006 [ref. 28869], Ferraris 2007 [ref. 29155], Stiassny, Teugels & Hopkins 2007a [ref. 30009], Vigliotta 2008 [ref. 29734], Wright & Page 2008 [ref. 29628], Vreven & Milondo 2009 [ref. 30416], Friel & Vigliotta 2011 [ref. 31569], Vreven & Ibala Zamba 2011 [ref. 31194]; family name sometimes seen as Mochochidae or Mochockidae]

? Simuldentinae Taverne & Aloulou-Triki 1974:64 [ref. 17316] (subfamily)? [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]