| Valid name | Lophius |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 236 |
| Synonym | Lophius (Artedi) Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonym | Batrachus Klein, 1742, Hist. Pisc. nat., Missus tertius . . .,15. |
| Synonym | Conomus Rafinesque, 1815, ibid.: 92 (nomen nudum). |
| Synonym | Chironectes Rafinesque, 1815, ibid.: 92 (nomen nudum). |
| Synonym | Lophidius Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse de la Nature: 92 (nomen nudum). |
| Synonym | Type: Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, by subs. design. of Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., (16): 844. |
| Synonym | Batrachus: Schaeffer (ex Klein), Epist. Stud. Ichthyol., 1760: 20 | Walbaum (ex Klein), 1792, Artedi Bibl. |
| Synonym | Lophiopsis Guichenot, 1868, Mem. Soc. Sc. nat. Cherbourg, 13: 101 (type: Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837, in |