| Valid name | Bathophilus |
| Synonym | Bathyophilus of various authors. An emended or erroneous spelling of Bathophilus. |
| Synonym | Type: B. nigerrimus Giglioli, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Pelagos: Saggi sulla vita e sui prodotti del mare, Genova: 261 |
| Synonym | Bathophilus Giglioli, 1884 |
| Synonym | Stomiatella Regan and Trewavas, 1930). |
| Synonym | Trichostomias Zugmayer, 1911, Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, (193): 6 (type: T. vailanti Zugmayer, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Bathophilus Giglioli, 1882, Nature, Lond., 27: 199 (nomen nudum). |
| Synonym | Dactylostomias Garman, 1899, Mem. Mus. comp. Zool., Harvard, 24: 279 (type: D. filifer Garman, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Nasisfomias Koefoed, 1956, Rept. Michael Sars N. Atl. Deep-sea Exped., 4 (2 (5)): 11-12 (type: N. curvafus Koefoed |
| Synonym | Gnathostomias Pappenheim, 1914, Deutsche Südpolar Exped., 15, Zool. 7: 171-172 (type: G. Iongifilis Pappenheim, by |