| Valid name | Notacanthus |
| Synonym | Type: N. chemnitzii Bloch by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Notacanthus Bloch, 1788 |
| Synonym | Campylodon Reinhardt, 1838, by subs. design.) |
| Synonym | Acanthonotus Bloch (ed. Schneider), 1801, Syst. Ichthyologiae: 390 (type: A. nasus Bloch by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Abh. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., 1787 (1788) 3: 278 |
| Synonym | Campilodon Cuvier, 1829, Règn. anim., 2: 205 (type: Notacanthus nasus Bloch, 1795, by monotypy). |