| Valid name | Dalophis |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 68 |
| Synonym | Dalophis Rafinesque. 1810 |
| Synonym | Pelia (Schlegel MS) Bleeker, 1863). |
| Synonym | Type: D. serpa Rafinesque, 1810, by subs. design., synonym of Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809. Mediterrane |
| Synonym | Pterurus Rafinesque, 1810, Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 43, 59 (type: P. flexuosus Rafinesque, 1810, by monotypy), preoc |
| Synonym | Scytallurus (Kaup MS) Duméril, 1856, Mem. Acad. Sci. Paris, 27: 199 (type: Sphagebranchus imberbis Delaroche, 1809 |