| Valid name | Histrio |
| Synonym | Type: by absolute tautonymy = Lophius histrio Linnaeus, 1758. |
| Synonym | Histrio Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 |
| Synonym | Capellaria Gistel, Naturgesch. der Thiere, 1848: viii (not seen). |
| Synonym | Nec Pterophrynus Lütken, 1863 (Amphibia). |
| Synonym | Nec Pterophryne Günther, 1867 (Amphibia). |
| Synonym | Nec Chironectes Illiger, 1811 (Mamm., Prodr. Mamm. av.: 76). |
| Synonym | Chironectes Rafinesque, 1814, Précis Découv. somiol.: 19. |
| Synonym | Chironectes Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse de la nature: 92 (nomen nudum). |
| Synonym | Gender; M; Zoognosia tab. synopt. ill., ed. 3a, 1: 70, 78 (no species mentioned) |
| Synonym | Chironectes Cuvier, August 1817, apud H. C. (H. Cloquet), Dict. Sc. nat., 8: 597, 1rst sp. mentioned: Ch. histrio. |
| Synonym | Chironectus Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Fishes, 2: 330 (1rst sp. mentioned: Ch. histrio). |
| Synonym | Chironectes Cuvier, Oct. 1817, Mém. Mus. Hist. nat., 3: 418 ('genre') (et 'Chironecte': 419 'sous-genre'), first sp. ment |
| Synonym | Batrachopus Goldfuss, 1820, Handb. Zool., 2: 110-111 (= Chironectes Cuv., but the only species listed is 'Histr |
| Synonym | Pterophryne Gill, 1864, Proc. Acad. nat. Sc. Philadelphia, 1863 (1864), 15: 90 (type: Chironectes laevigatus Cuvie |
| Synonym | Pterophrynoides Gill, 1879, Proc. U.S. natn. Mus., 1878 (1879), 1: 216, note (type: Lophius histrio Gill, 1864, pr |