| Bellator Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Bellator brachychir (Regan, 1914) |
| Bellator egretta (Goode & Bean, 1896) |
| Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892) |
| Bellator loxias (Jordan, 1897) |
| Bellator militaris (Goode & Bean, 1896) |
| Bellator ribeiroi Miller, 1965 |
| Bellator xenisma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) |
| Merulinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 |
| Merulinus salmonicolor Fowler, 1903 |
| Peristediinae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 |
| Peristedion Lacépède, 1801 |
| Peristedion brevirostre (Günther, 1860) |
| Peristedion ecuadorense Teague, 1961 |
| Peristedion gracile Goode & Bean, 1896 |
| Peristedion greyae Miller, 1967 |
| Peristedion longispatha Goode & Bean, 1886 |
| Peristedion miniatum Goode, 1880 |
| Peristedion paucibarbiger Castro-Aguirre & García-Domínguez, 1984 |
| Peristedion taeniopterum Fowler, 1952 |