| Valid name | Lophotus |
| Synonym | Type: Lophotus lacepede Giorna, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Lophotus Giorna, 1809 |
| Synonym | Leptopus Rafinesque, 1814b, Spec. Sci., Palermo: 16 (type: Leptopus peregrinus Rafinesque, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Podoleptus Rafinesque, 1815, Anal. natur., Palermo: 93 (substitute name for Leptopus). |
| Synonym | Regilophotes Whitley, 1933, Rec. Austr. Mus., 19: 72 (type: Lophotes güntheri Johnston, by subs. design. of Whitle |
| Synonym | Lophotes Bosc. 1817, Nouv. dict. Hist. nat., Paris, 18: 185-186 (type: Lophotus Lacepede Giorna, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino, 1805-1808 (1809), 16: 179, pl. II (fi). l) |