Family: MESODESMATIDAE J. E. Gray, 1840+[1839]

(3-4-4-0-21-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 492
Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 337
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 40
Bernard, 1983 p 41
Vokes, 1980 p 139,246
Syn. PAPHIDAE
Ref. Vaught, 1989 p xi,130