| Valid name | Cheilopogon |
| Synonym | Type: Cypselurus pulehellus Lowe = Ch. pinnatibarbatus (Bennett), by orig. design. |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 8: 38 |
| Synonym | Cheilopogon Lowe, 1840 |
| Synonym | Ptenichthys Müller, 1843, Arch. Naturg.: 312 (type: Exocoetus furcatus Mitchill, by orig. design.) |