1. Subfamily Girellinae Gill, 1862
   1. Genus Girella Gray, 1835
   2. Genus Glyphodes Guichenot, 1863
   3. Genus Graus Philippi, 1887
   4. Genus Camarina Ayres, 1860 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835
   5. Genus Doidixodon accepted as Doidyxodon Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835 (misspelling)
   6. Genus Doidyxodon Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835
   7. Genus Doydixodon Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835 (synonym)
   8. Genus Girellichthys Klunzinger, 1872 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835
   9. Genus Girellops Regan, 1913 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835
   10. Genus Melambaphes Günther, 1863 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835 (synonym)
   11. Genus Tephraeops Günther, 1859 accepted as Girella Gray, 1835
2. Genus Hermosilla Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
3. Genus Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801
4. Subfamily Microcanthinae Bleeker, 1876
   1. Genus Atypichthys Günther, 1862
   2. Genus Microcanthus Swainson, 1839
   3. Genus Neatypus Waite, 1905
   4. Genus Tilodon Thominot, 1881
   5. Genus Atypus Günther, 1860 accepted as Atypichthys Günther, 1862
   6. Genus Therapaina Kaup, 1860 accepted as Microcanthus Swainson, 1839
   7. Genus Vinculum McCulloch, 1914 accepted as Tilodon Thominot, 1881
5. Genus Cridorsa Whitley, 1938 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801
6. Genus Dorsuarius Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
7. Subfamily Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887 accepted as Kyphosidae Jordan, 1887 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
   1. Genus Neoscorpis Smith, 1931
   2. Genus Cantharus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1849
   3. Genus Khyphosus accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
   4. Genus Kiphosus accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
   5. Genus Kyphosis accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
   6. Genus Pimelopterus accepted as Pimelepterus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
8. Genus Pimelepterus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
9. Subfamily Scorpidinae Günther, 1860 accepted as Scorpididae Günther, 1860 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
   1. Genus Labracoglossus accepted as Labracoglossa Peters, 1866 (misspelling)
10. Genus Sectator Jordan & Fesler, 1893 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
11. Genus Segutilum Whitley, 1931 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
12. Genus Xyster Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Kyphosus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

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