巨棘鲈科为辐鳍鱼纲鲈形目的其中一个科。

巨棘鲈科其下仅有一属：

• 鳂鲈属(Ostracoberyx)
  • 矛状鳂鲈(Ostracoberyx dorygenys)：又称矛状巨棘鲈。
  • 福氏鳂鲈(Ostracoberyx fowleri)
  • 帕氏鳂鲈(Ostracoberyx paxtoni)
  • 三棘鳂鲈(Ostracoberyx tricornis)

Ostracoberyx is a genus of shellskin alfonsinos, the only recognized genus in the family Ostracoberycidae. This is a genus of deep-water fishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.