| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthosphex leurynnis | (Jordan & Seale, 1905) | Wasp-spine velvetfish |
| Adventor elongatus | (Whitley, 1952) | Visitor |
| Aploactis aspera | (Richardson, 1845) | Dusky velvetfish |
| Aploactisoma milesii | (Richardson, 1850) | Southern velvetfish |
| Bathyaploactis curtisensis | Whitley, 1933 | Port Curtis mossback |
| Bathyaploactis ornatissima | Whitley, 1933 | Ornate velvetfish |
| Cocotropus altipinnis | Waite, 1903 | Highfin velvetfish |
| Cocotropus astakhovi | Prokofiev, 2010 | |
| Cocotropus aurantius | Matsunuma, Sado & Motomura, 2021 | |
| Cocotropus dermacanthus | (Bleeker, 1852) | Spinyskin velvetfish |
| Cocotropus echinatus | (Cantor, 1849) | |
| Cocotropus eksae | Prokofiev, 2010 | |
| Cocotropus izuensis | Imamura, Aizawa & Shinohara, 2010 | |
| Cocotropus keramaensis | Imamura & Shinohara, 2003 | |
| Cocotropus larvatus | Poss & Allen, 1987 | Ghost velvetfish |
| Cocotropus masudai | Matsubara, 1943 | |
| Cocotropus microps | Johnson, 2004 | Patchwork velvetfish |
| Cocotropus monacanthus | (Gilchrist, 1906) | Roughskin scorpionfish |
| Cocotropus possi | Imamura & Shinohara, 2008 | |
| Cocotropus richeri | Fricke, 2004 | |
| Cocotropus roseomaculatus | Imamura & Shinohara, 2004 | |
| Cocotropus roseus | Day, 1875 | |
| Cocotropus steinitzi | Eschmeyer & Dor, 1978 | Steinitz' velvetfish |
| Erisphex aniarus | (Thomson, 1967) | Dark-finned velvetfish |
| Erisphex philippinus | (Fowler, 1938) | |
| Erisphex pottii | (Steindachner, 1896) | |
| Erisphex simplex | Chen, 1981 | |
| Kanekonia florida | Tanaka, 1915 | |
| Kanekonia leichhardti | Johnson, 2013 | Leichhardt’s velvetfish |
| Kanekonia pelta | Poss, 1982 | |
| Kanekonia queenslandica | Whitley, 1952 | Deep velvetfish |
| Matsubarichthys inusitatus | Poss & Johnson, 1991 | Rare velvetfish |
| Neoaploactis tridorsalis | Eschmeyer & Allen, 1978 | Threefin velvetfish |
| Paraploactis hongkongiensis | (Chan, 1966) | |
| Paraploactis intonsa | Poss & Eschmeyer, 1978 | Bearded velvetfish |
| Paraploactis kagoshimensis | (Ishikawa, 1904) | |
| Paraploactis obbesi | (Weber, 1913) | Sulu velvetfish |
| Paraploactis pulvinus | Poss & Eschmeyer, 1978 | Pillow velvetfish |
| Paraploactis taprobanensis | (Whitley, 1933) | |
| Paraploactis trachyderma | Bleeker, 1865 | Mossback velvetfish |
| Peristrominous dolosus | Whitley, 1952 | Deceitful velvetfish |
| Prosoproctus pataecus | Poss & Eschmeyer, 1979 | |
| Pseudopataecus carnatobarbatus | Johnson, 2012 | Goatee velvetfish |
| Pseudopataecus taenianotus | Johnson, 2004 | Longfin velvetfish |
| Ptarmus gallus | (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877) | |
| Ptarmus jubatus | (Smith, 1935) | Crested scorpionfish |
| Sthenopus mollis | Richardson, 1848 | |
| Xenaploactis asperrima | (Günther, 1860) | |
| Xenaploactis cautes | Poss & Eschmeyer, 1980 | Rough velvetfish |
| Xenaploactis anopta | Poss & Eschmeyer, 1980 |