Family Sternoptychidae

Araiophos - Its type species is A.

Argyripnus - As of 2009, six living species are placed in this genus:

Argyropelecus - Argyropelecus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae.

Danaphos - Only two extant species are placed here, one of them of questionable validity

Maurolicus - For long, only 6 species were placed in this genus, but taxonomic revisions in the 1990 established half again as many new ones:

Polyipnus - 32 living species are placed in Polyipnus:

Sonoda - Its type species is S.

Sternoptyx - It contains only four living species:

Thorophos - Thorophos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae.

Valenciennellus - Its type species is V.