Family Trachipteridae Swainson 1839

Ginnatras Rafinesque 1810a:55 [ref. 3594] (ordine) Argyctius [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Ginnetridi Rafinesque 1810b:31 [ref. 3595] (ordine) Argyctius [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Trachypteridae Swainson 1839:47 [ref. 4303] (family) Trachipterus [as Trachypterus, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; also as subfamily Trachypterinae; stem corrected to Trachipter- by Jordan 1923a:166 [ref. 2421], confirmed by Fowler 1958a:4 [ref. 31840], by Walters & Fitch 1960:441 [ref. 4580] and by Harrisson & Palmer 1968:197 [ref. 21242]; family name sometimes seen as Trachypteryidae]