Important recommendation:
The list below must not be used as a reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually if they exist.

Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to comparison with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

But we appreciate to be cited in the scientific publications when this list has been of any work value. We suggest then to cite it in the Material and Method section as a useful tool to conduct the research, but again, not as a taxonomic or nomenclatural authority reference.

This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names). [link Catalog of Fishes to the general search page]

Unless it is explicitly precised, the list is not complete, please search all original names published for the family in the Catalog of Fishes (genera, species), including those with uncertain or unknown status, that are not included in FishBase when they are not attached to a valid species. [under genus, link to a search in the genera option with the family name, check the CofF pages to build the URL; respectively under species]