| Valid name | Nemichthys |
| Synonym | Type: N. scolopaceus Richardson, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Nemichthys Richardson, 1848 |
| Synonym | Leptorhyncus (err. typ.): Lowe, 1854: 172. |
| Synonym | Paravocettinops Kanazawa and Maul, 1967, Gender: M; Bocagiana, (12): 2 (type: P. trilinearis Kanazawa and Maul, by |
| Synonym | Leptorhynchus Lowe, 1852, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (2)10: 54 (type: L. Leuchtenbergi Lowe, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender M; Zool. Voy. 'Samarang', 1843-1846: 25 |
| Synonym | Tilurella Roule, 1911, C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 153: 734 (larval stage). |
| Synonym | Belonopsis Brandt, 1854, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Sav. etr., 7: 175 (replaces Leptorhynchus Lowe, 1852, si |