After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Porichthyinae [2/16]
   |--o Aphos
   |  |-- A. sp.1
   |  `-- A. porosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
   `--o Porichthys [Nautopaedium] [14]
      |-- P. analis Hubbs & Schultz, 1939 (Darkedge midshipman)
      |-- P. bathoiketes Gilbert, 1968
      |-- P. ephippiatus Walker & Rosenblatt, 1988 (Saddle midshipman)
      |-- P. greenei Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Greene's midshipman)
      |-- P. kymosemeum Gilbert, 1968
      |-- P. margaritatus (Richardson, 1844) (Daisy midshipman)
      |-- P. mimeticus Walker & Rosenblatt, 1988 (Mimetic midshipman)
      |-- P. myriaster Hubbs & Schultz, 1939 (Specklefin midshipman)
      |-- P. notatus Girard, 1854 (Plainfin midshipman)
      |-- P. oculellus Walker & Rosenblatt, 1988 (Smalleye midshipman)
      |-- P. oculofrenum Gilbert, 1968
      |-- P. pauciradiatus Caldwell & Caldwell, 1963
      |-- P. plectrodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Atlantic midshipman)
      `-- P. porosissimus (Cuvier, 1829)

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