Family Melanotaeniidae Gill 1894 Name in prevailing usage Zanteclidae Castelnau 1873:88 [ref. 758] (family) Zantecla [never used as valid after 1899, Article 23.9.1.1] Neoatherinidae Castelnau 1875:32 [ref. 768] (family) Neoatherina [never used as valid after 1899, Article 23.9.1.1] Melanotaeniinae Gill 1894a:708 [ref. 1738] (subfamily) Melanotaenia [family name sometimes seen as Melanotaenidae; Melanotaeniidae used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Duncker & Mohr 1926 [ref. 15585], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Allen 1978 [ref. 8855], Allen & Kailola 1979 [ref. 8854], Allen 1980 [ref. 99], Allen & Cross 1980 [ref. 8761], Allen & Moore 1981 [ref. 8633], Allen & ...