| Valid name | Lepadogaster |
| Synonym | Lepadogaster Goüan, 1770 |
| Synonym | Type: Cyclopterus lepadogaster Bonnaterre, 1788, by tautonymy. |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Historia piscium: 106, pl. 1 (fi). 6-7) |
| Synonym | Piescephalus Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 63 (type: Piescephalus adherens Raf., by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Lepadogasterus Fowler, 1936: 1078). |
| Synonym | Mirbelia Canestrini, 1864, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., 3: 189 (type: Lepadogaster decandollii Risso, 1826, by subs. |