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

<==o Trichonotidae (kaivautujakalat; sanddivers) [N: 1/6] [FB: 1/8]
   `--o Trichonotus [Trichonotops] (kaivautujakalat; sand divers) [N: 6] [FB: 8]
      |-- T. arabicus Randall & Tarr, 1994 (Arabian sand diver)
      |-- T. cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890)
      |-- T. elegans Shimada & Yoshino, 1984
      |-- T. filamentosus (Steindachner, 1867)
      |-- T. halstead Clark & Pohle, 1996 (Gold-bar sand-diver)
      |-- T. marleyi (Smith, 1936)
      |-- T. nikii Clark & von Schmidt, 1966
      `-- T. setiger Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Spotted sand-diver)

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