verified source for familyWoRMS (Mar 2013)[details]
name verified sourceNeave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online athttp://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/[details]
Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Cuvier, 1817. Also in Oken 1817 (= p. 1782) (see Gill 1903). (Eschmeyer). [details] Type species as cited Vomer brownii Cuvier 1816 [details]