| Valid name | Gouania |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Isis. (Oken): 548 |
| Synonym | Gouania Nardo, 1833 |
| Synonym | Apepton Gistel, 1848, Naturges. Thier.: ix (type: Lepadogaster piger Nardo, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Type: G. prototypus Nardo, by orig. design. according to Jordan, 1919. |
| Synonym | Rupisuga Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist., 2: 339 (type: R. nicensis Sw., by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Leptopterygius Troschel, 1860, Arch. Naturg., 1: 205 (type: L. coccoi Troschel, by monotypy). |