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

<==o Percophidae (duckbills) [N: 13/40 ] [FB: 9/33]
   |-- Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [Percophinae] (duckbill, Brazilian flathead )
   |--o Bembropsinae [N: 2/19] [FB: 2/18]
   |  |--o Bembrops [13]
   |  |  |-- B. anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955 (flathead duckbill)
   |  |  |-- B. cadenati Das & Nelson, 1996
   |  |  |-- B. caudimacula Steindachner, 1876
   |  |  |-- B. curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952
   |  |  |-- B. filifera Gilbert, 1905 (Sharpnosed duckbill)
   |  |  |-- B. gobioides (Goode, 1880) (Goby flathead)
   |  |  |-- B. greyi Poll, 1959 (Roundtail duckbill)
   |  |  |-- B. heterurus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903) (Squaretail duckbill)
   |  |  |-- B. macromma Ginsburg, 1955
   |  |  |-- B. magnisquamis Ginsburg, 1955
   |  |  |-- B. morelandi Nelson, 1978 (Flathead)
   |  |  |-- B. nematopterus Norman, 1939
   |  |  `-- B. platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894) (Natal duckbill)
   |  `--o Chrionema [Chriomystax] [5]
   |     |-- C. chlorotaenia McKay, 1971
   |     |-- C. chryseres Gilbert, 1905
   |     |-- C. furunoi Okamura & Yamachi, 1982
   |     |-- C. pallidum Parin, 1990
   |     `-- C. squamiceps Gilbert, 1905
   `--o Homerocoetinae [N: 10/20] [FB: 9/14]
      |-- Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
      |?- Branchiopsaron
      |?- Dactylopsaron
      |-- Enigmapercis reducta Whitley, 1936 (Broad sandfish)
      |--o Hemerocoetes [5]
      |  |-- H. artus Nelson, 1979
      |  |-- H. macrophthalmus Regan, 1914
      |  |-- H. monopterygius (Schneider, 1801) (Opalfish)
      |  |-- H. morelandi Nelson, 1979
      |  `-- H. pauciradiatus Regan, 1914
      |-- Matsubaraea fusiforme (Fowler, 1943) [Cirrinasus]
      |?- Squamigreedia
      |--o Osopsaron [3]
      |  |-- O. karlik Parin, 1985
      |  |-- O. natalensis Nelson, 1982
      |  `-- O. verecundum (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
      |--o Pteropsaron [3]
      |  |-- P. evolans Jordan & Snyder, 1902
      |  |-- P. heemstrai Nelson, 1982
      |  `-- P. incisum Gilbert, 1905
      `?- Spinapsaron

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