Achanarellidae Newman, 2002 † (current name source)
Actinolepidae Gross, 1940 † accepted as Actinolepididae Gross, 1940 † (source of synonymy)
Actinolepididae Gross, 1940 † (current name source)
Alloberyx Gaudant, 1969 † (verified source for family)
Angustidontidae Cooper, 1936 † (basis of record)
Angustidontidae Cooper, 1936 † (name verified source)
Apalolepididae Turner, 1976 † (current name source)
Apalolepididae Turner, 1976 † (taxonomy source)
Apalolepis Karatajute-Talimaa, 1968 † (verified source for family)
Apateopholis Woodward, 1891 † (verified source for family)
Asianthidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (basis of record)
Asianthidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (taxonomy source)
Asianthidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (name verified source)
Asianthidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (current name source)
Asianthidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (extant flag source)
Asianthus Sychevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (current name source)
Asianthus Sychevskaya & Prokofiev, 2003 † (verified source for family)
Asterolepididae Traquair, 1888 † (name verified source)
Asterolepididae Traquair, 1888 † (current name source)
Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 † (extant flag source)
Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 † (verified source for family)
Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 † (basis of record)
Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 † (name verified source)
Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 † (current name source)
Barlowodidae Märss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 † (current name source)
Barlowodidae Märss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 † (taxonomy source)
Caproberycidae Patterson, 1967 † (basis of record)
Caproberycidae Patterson, 1967 † (taxonomy source)
Caproberycidae Patterson, 1967 † (name verified source)
Caproberycidae Patterson, 1967 † (current name source)
Caproberycidae Patterson, 1967 † (extant flag source)
Caproberyx Regan, 1911 † (verified source for family)
Coelacanthidae Agassiz, 1844 † (current name source)
Coelacanthidae Agassiz, 1844 † (additional source)
Coelolepidae Pander, 1856 † accepted as Thelodontidae Jordan, 1905 † (source of synonymy)
Coelolepis Pander, 1856 † (verified source for family)
Colobodontidae Andersson, 1916 † (name verified source)
Debeeriidae Grogan & Lund, 2000 † (basis of record)
Debeeriidae Grogan & Lund, 2000 † (current name source)
Debeeriidae Grogan & Lund, 2000 † (extant flag source)
Debeeriidae Grogan & Lund, 2000 † (taxonomy source)
Debeeriidae Grogan & Lund, 2000 † (name verified source)
Debeeriiformes † (basis of record)
Debeeriiformes † (current name source)
Debeeriiformes † (name verified source)
Debeeriiformes † (taxonomy source)
Debeeriiformes † (extant flag source)
Drepanolepididae Wilson & Märss, 2009 † (taxonomy source)
Drepanolepididae Wilson & Märss, 2009 † (current name source)
Eestilepididae Marss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 † (basis of record)
Eoplethodidae Taverne & Gayet, 2005 † (taxonomy source)
Eoplethodidae Taverne & Gayet, 2005 † (current name source)
Euphaneropidae Woodward, 1900 † (taxonomy source)
Furcacaudidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (name verified source)
Furcacaudidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (taxonomy source)
Holocentridae Bonaparte, 1833 (taxonomy source)
Holocentriformes (current name source)
Holocentriformes (extant flag source)
Holocentriformes (taxonomy source)
Holocentriformes (name verified source)
Ichthyotringidae Harry, 1953 † (taxonomy source)
Ichthyotringidae Harry, 1953 † (name verified source)
Lanarkia Traquair, 1899 † (verified source for family)
Lanarkiidae Obruchev, 1949 † (current name source)
Lanarkiidae Obruchev, 1949 † (name verified source)
Lanarkiidae Obruchev, 1949 † (extant flag source)
Lanarkiidae Obruchev, 1949 † (taxonomy source)
Lanarkiidae Obruchev, 1949 † (basis of record)
Nikolivia Karatajute-Talimaa, 1978 † (current name source)
Nikolivia Karatajute-Talimaa, 1978 † (verified source for family)
Nikoliviidae Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1978 † (additional source)
Nikoliviidae Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1978 † (current name source)
Nikoliviidae Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1978 † (taxonomy source)
Pattersonella Taverne, 1982 † (current name source)
Pattersonellidae Taverne, 1982 † (current name source)
Pattersonellidae Taverne, 1982 † (taxonomy source)
Pattersonellidae Taverne, 1982 † (basis of record)
Pezopallichthyidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (extant flag source)
Pezopallichthyidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (current name source)
Pezopallichthyidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (taxonomy source)
Pezopallichthyidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (basis of record)
Pezopallichthyidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (name verified source)
Pezopallichthys Wilson & Caldwell, 1998 † (verified source for family)
Pseudodontichthys Skeels, 1962 † accepted as Dithyrocaris Scouler in Portlock, 1843 † (additional source)
Remigolepididae Stensiö, 1931 † (basis of record)
Remigolepididae Stensiö, 1931 † (current name source)
Remigolepididae Stensiö, 1931 † (extant flag source)
Remigolepididae Stensiö, 1931 † (habitat flag source)
Remigolepididae Stensiö, 1931 † (name verified source)
Remigolepis Stensiö, 1931 † (verified source for family)
Shiqianolepidae Sansom, Aldridge & Smith, 2000 † (additional source)
Stichocentridae Gayet, 1982 † (name verified source)
Stichocentridae Gayet, 1982 † (taxonomy source)
Stichocentridae Gayet, 1982 † (current name source)
Stichocentridae Gayet, 1982 † (extant flag source)
Stichocentridae Gayet, 1982 † (basis of record)
Stichocentrus Patterson, 1967 † (verified source for family)
Talivalia Märss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 † (current name source)
Talivalia Märss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 † (verified source for family)
Talivaliidae Märss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 † (current name source)

 Taxonomic remark

 for Actinolepidae Gross, 1940 †

Technically correct, however the spelling Actinolepididae is in prevailing recent practice, refer van der Laan, 2018 [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Actinolepididae Gross, 1940 †

Spelling in prevailing recent practice, refer van der Laan, 2018 [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Angustidontidae Cooper, 1936 †

Originally described as fossil fish jaws (Actinopterygian); later reassessed as eucarid crustaceans, refer Gueriau ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Asterolepididae Traquair, 1888 †

From Van der Laan, 2018: family name also seen as Astrolepidae, Astrolepididae and Asterolepididae. IRMNG editor: ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Asterolepis Razowski, 1964

Not Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 (original spelling Astrolepis) in family Asterolepididae , a genus of fossil fishes. ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Caproberycidae Patterson, 1967 †

Originally as subfamily; as family in Van der Laan, 2018 (new status?). [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Coelacanthidae Agassiz, 1844 †

Listed as synonym of Latimeriidae in WoRMS (Apr 2017) but the latter is separate (and in a different suborder) ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Coelolepidae Pander, 1856 †

Listed in Van der Laan, 2018 as a syn. of Thelodontidae. From that work: †Coelolepiden Pander 1856: 64 (family) ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Coelolepis Pander, 1856 †

The family Coelolepidae, based on this name, is treated in Van der Laan, 2018 as not validly published (?) although ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Colobodontidae Andersson, 1916 †

Author given elsewhere as Stensiö; Van der Laan, 2018 gives the author as "Andersson [=Stensiö] 1916". According ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Debeeriiformes †

This name given in both Nelson et al., Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition, and Van der Laan, 2018, however original ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Remigolepididae Stensiö, 1931 †

From Van der Laan, 2018: spelling in prevailing recent practice; originally Remigolepidae Stensiö 1931. [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Stichocentridae Gayet, 1982 †

According to Van der Laan, 2018, this name was first published by Gayet in 1982 (name only, thus unavailable) in ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Tenuicentridae Gayet, 1982 †

Originally as subfamily; as family in Van der Laan, 2018 (new status?). [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Thelodontidae Jordan, 1905 †

Type genus is Thelodus Agassiz, 1838. Essentially the same concept as Coelolepidae Pander, 1856 ("Coelolepiden") ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Thelodus Agassiz, 1838 †

Van der Laan, 2018 gives this genus as Thelodus Agassiz 1838 - which instance of the name is referred to has not ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Thelodus Agassiz in Murchison, 1839 †

Van der Laan, 2018 gives this genus as Thelodus Agassiz 1838 - which instance of the name is referred to has not ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Tortonesiidae Sorbini, Boscaini & Bannikov, 1991 †

Usually given as "Tortonesidae", but this is an incorrect spelling [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Turiniidae Obruchev, 1964 †

Initially as Turiniidae Camp & Allison, 1961, unavailable (name only published after 1960), refer Van der Laan, 2018; ... [details]