| Valid name | Melamphaes |
| Synonym | Type: Metopias typhlops Lowe, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Melamphaes Günther, 1864 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Cat. Fish. British Mus., 5: 433 (substitute name for preoccupied Metopias) |
| Synonym | Metopias Lowe, 1843, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 11: 89 (type: M. typhlops Lowe, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Plectromus Gill, 1884, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1883 (1884), 6 (17): 257 (type: Plectromus suborbitalis, by monotyp |