Aplocheilidae is a
family of
bony fishes containing two, possibly three
genera. Formerly, Aplocheilidae was synonymous with what is now recognized as the superfamily Aplocheiloidei as a whole, in that the
Nothobranchiidae of Africa and the mainly South American
Rivulidae grouped as
subfamilies. This obsolete system is sometimes still seen, e.g. in
ITIS.