Family Monacanthidae Nardo 1843

Monocanthini [Monacanthini] Nardo 1843:244 [ref. 31940] (subfamily) Monacanthus [stem corrected to Monacanth- by Bonaparte 1846:8 [ref. 519], confirmed by Gill 1893b:137 [ref. 26255], by Rutter 1897:80 [ref. 12329] and by Jordan 1923a:239 [ref. 2421]]

Aluterini Bleeker 1865b:13 [ref. 417] (phalanx ≈ tribe) Aluteres [also Bleeker 1865–69:100, 138 [ref. 416]; stem sometimes seen as Aleuter-]

Psilocephalini Bleeker 1865b:14 [ref. 417] (phalanx ≈ tribe) Psilocephalus [also Bleeker 1865–69:100, 143 [ref. 416]]

Anacanthidae McCulloch 1929 –30:423 [ref. 2948] (family) Anacanthus Gray [preoccupied by Anacanthini Bonaparte 1835 in fishes, invalid, Article 55.3]