1. Subfamily Acanthurinae
   1. Genus Teuthis Browne, 1789 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
   2. Genus Acronurus Gronow in Gray, 1854 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
   3. Genus Acronurus Günther (ex Gronow), 1861 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
   4. Genus Ctenodon Bonaparte, 1831 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
   5. Genus Harpurina Fowler & Bean, 1929 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
   6. Genus Harpurus Forster, 1788 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
   7. Genus Hepatus Gronow, 1763 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). Perhaps made available by Jordan & Seale 1906.)
   8. Genus Rhombotides Bleeker (ex Klein), 1863 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
   9. Genus Rhombotides Klein, 1775 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
   10. Genus Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
   11. Genus Teuthys accepted as Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
2. Genus Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
3. Genus Ctenochaetus Gill, 1884
4. Genus Naso Lacepède, 1801
5. Genus Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863
6. Genus Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839
7. Genus Hepatus Scopoli, 1777 (uncertain, Kottelat 2013 requests the Commission to rule that this name be suppressed for the purposes of priority.)
8. Genus Axinurus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
9. Genus Callicanthus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
10. Genus Cyphomycter Fowler & Bean, 1929 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
11. Subfamily Nasinae Fowler & Bean, 1929 accepted as Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835
    1. Genus Aspisurus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775
    2. Genus Monoceros Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801
    3. Genus Priodon Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801
    4. Genus Prionolepis Smith, 1931 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801
12. Subfamily Prionurinae Smith, 1966 accepted as Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835
    1. Genus Prionurus Lacepède, 1804
    2. Genus Naseus Commerson in Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
    3. Genus Xesurus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Prionurus Lacepède, 1804
13. Genus Rhinodactylus Smith, 1957 accepted as Naso Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
14. Genus Zabrasoma accepted as Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)

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