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

<==o Antennariidae [incl. Tetrabrachiidae] (antennikrotit) [FB: 14/44]
   |-- Tetrabrachium ocellatum Günther, 1880 [Tetrabrachiinae; Tetrabrachiidae] (Four-armed frogfish)
   |-- Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman, 1964 [Lophichthyinae; Lophichthyidae] (Boschma's frogfish)
   `--o Antennariinae [12/43]
      |-- Allenichthys glauerti (Whitley, 1944) (Glauert's anglerfish)
      |--o Antennarius [Phrynelox] [24] [possibly paraphyletic]
      |  |-- A. analis (Gosline, 1957) (Tail-jet frogfish)
      |  |-- A. avalonis Jordan & Starks, 1907 (Roughbar frogfish)
      |  |-- A. bermudensis Schultz, 1957 (Island frogfish)
      |  |-- A. biocellatus (Cuvier, 1817) (Brackishwater frogfish)
      |  |-- A. coccineus (Lesson, 1831) (Scarlet frogfish)
      |  |-- A. commerson (Latreille, 1804) (Commerson's frogfish)
      |  |-- A. dorehensis Bleeker, 1859 (New Guinean frogfish)
      |  |-- A. duescus Snyder, 1904 (Side-jet frogfish)
      |  |-- A. hispidus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Shaggy angler)
      |  |-- A. indicus Schultz, 1964 (Indian frogfish)
      |  |-- A. maculatus (Desjardins, 1840) (Warty frogfish)
      |  |?- A. moluccensis
      |  |-- A. multiocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Longlure frogfish)
      |  |-- A. nummifer (Cuvier, 1817) (Spotfin frogfish)
      |  |-- A. ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Ocellated frogfish)
      |  |-- A. pardalis (Valenciennes, 1837)
      |  |-- A. pauciradiatus Schultz, 1957 (Dwarf frogfish)
      |  |-- A. pictus (Shaw, 1794) (Painted frogfish)
      |  |-- A. radiosus Garman, 1896 (Singlespot frogfish)
      |  |-- A. randalli Allen, 1970 (Randall's frogfish)
      |  |-- A. rosaceus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (Spiny-tufted frogfish)
      |  |-- A. sanguineus Gill, 1863 (Bloody frogfish)
      |  |-- A. sarasa Tanaka, 1916 (Calico frogfish)
      |  |-- A. senegalensis Cadenat, 1959 (Senegalese frogfish)
      |  `-- A. striatus (Shaw, 1794) (Striated frogfish)
      |--o Antennatus ()? [3]
      |  |-- A. flagellatus Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu, 1997
      |  |-- A. strigatus (Gill, 1863) (Bandtail frogfish)
      |  `-- A. tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817) (Tuberculated frogfish)
      |--o Echinophryne ()? [3]
      |  |-- E. crassispina McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Prickly anglerfish)
      |  |-- E. mitchellii (Morton, 1897) (Long-spined anglerfish)
      |  `-- E. reynoldsi Pietsch & Kuiter, 1984
      |--o Histiophryne ()? [2]
      |  |-- H. bougainvilli (Valenciennes, 1837)
      |  `-- H. cryptacanthus (Weber, 1913) (Cryptic anglerfish)
      |-- Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) (sargassokrotti; Sargassumfish)
      |-- Kuiterichthys furcipilis (Cuvier, 1817) (Rough anglerfish)
      |--o Lophiocharon ()? [2]
      |  |-- L. lithinostomus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) (Marble-mouthed frogfish)
      |  `-- L. trisignatus (Richardson, 1844) (Three-spot frogfish)
      |-- Nudiantennarius subteres (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Deepwater frogfish)
      |-- Phyllophryne scortea (McCulloch & Waite, 1918) (Smooth anglerfish)
      |--o Rhycherus ()? [2]
      |  |-- R. filamentosus (Castelnau, 1872) (Tasselled anglerfish)
      |  `-- R. gloveri Pietsch, 1984
      `-- Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby, 1907 (Butler's frogfish)

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