The Order Osmeriformes contains these Families:

• 153. Argentinidae [argentines or herring smelts]
• 154. Microstomatidae [microstomatids]
• 155. Bathylagidae [deap-sea smelts]
• 156. Opisthoproctidae [barreleyes or spookfishes]
• 157. Leptochilichthyidae [leptochilichthyids]
• 158. Alepocephalidae [slickheads]
• 159. Platytroctidae [platytroctids]
• 160. Osmeridae [smelts]
• 161. Salangidae [icefishes or noodlefishes]
• 162. Sundasalangidae [Sundaland noodlefishes]
• 163. Retropinnidae [New Zealand smelts]
• 164. Lepidogalaxiidae [salamanderfishes]
• 165. Galaxiidae [galaxiids]