| Valid name | Regalecus |
| Synonym | Type: 'Regalecus glesne, cirris pectoralibus longissimis, etc. '. |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Icon. rer. natur., 2: 5 |
| Synonym | Regalecus Ascanius, 1772 |
| Synonym | Gymnetrus Bloch, 1795, Nat. ausland. Fische, 9: 9495 (type: Gymnetrus hawkenii, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Cephalepis Rafinesque, 1810, Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 31, 54(fi)e Jordan, 1917: 82) (type: Cephalepis octomaculat |