Family Apteronotidae Jordan 1923

Name in prevailing recent practice

? Ophichthytes Jarocki 1822:367 [ref. 4984] (family)? Sternarchus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Sternarchidae Swainson 1838:216, 222 [ref. 4302] (family) Sternarchus [also Swainson 1839:196, 337 [ref. 4303]]

Apteronotidae Jordan 1923a:138 [ref. 2421] (family) Apteronotus [probably intended as a replacement name, Article 40.2; Apteronotidae used as valid by: Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Sterba 1990, Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Malabarba et al. 1998 [ref. 23777], Albert 2001 [ref. 25614], de Santana 2003 [ref. 26978], Reis et al. 2003 [ref. 27061], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Buckup, Menezes & Ghazzi 2007, Albert & Crampton 2009 [ref. 30049], Triques 2011 [ref. 31671]]

Adontosternarchinae Mago-Leccia 1978:14 [ref. 5489] (subfamily) Adontosternarchus

Sternarchorhynchinae Mago-Leccia 1978:14 [ref. 5489] (subfamily) Sternarchorhychus

Oedemognathinae Mago-Leccia 1978:14 [ref. 5489] (subfamily) Oedemognathus

Sternarchorhamphini Albert 2001:73 [ref. 25614] (tribe) Sternarchorhamphus

Sternarchellini Albert 2001:77 [ref. 25614] (tribe) Sternarchella

Porotergini Albert 2001:78 [ref. 25614] (tribe) Porotergus