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

<==o Nomeidae (polyyppikalat; driftfishes) [3/15]
   |-- †Carangodes cephalus Eoc. Eu.
   |?- †Psenicubiceps alatus L. Olig. EEu.
   |-- Cubiceps
   |  |-- C. baxteri McCulloch, 1923 (Black fathead)
   |  |-- C. caeruleus Regan, 1914 (Blue fathead)
   |  |-- C. capensis (Smith, 1845) (Cape fathead)
   |  |-- C. gracilis (Lowe, 1843) (Driftfish)
   |  |-- C. kotlyari Agafonova, 1988
   |  |-- C. macrolepis Agafonova, 1988 (Large-scale cigarfish)
   |  |-- C. nanus Agafonova, 1988 (Dwarf cigarfish)
   |  |-- C. paradoxus Butler, 1979 (Longfin cigarfish)
   |  |-- C. pauciradiatus Günther, 1872 (Longfin fathead)
   |  `-- C. squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909) (Indian driftfish)
   |-- Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin, 1789) (polyyppikala; man-of-waf fish)
   |-- Parapsenes rotundus (Smith, 1949) (Round psen)
   `--o Psenes [?Alepidichthys]
      |-- P. arafurensis Günther, 1889 (Banded driftfish)
      |-- P. cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833 (Freckled driftfish)
      |-- P. maculatus Lütken, 1880 (Silver driftfish)
      |-- P. pellucidus Lütken, 1880 (Bluefin driftfish)
      |-- P. sio Haedrich, 1970 (Twospine driftfish)
      `-- P. whiteleggii Waite, 1894 (Shadow driftfish)

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