| Valid name | Acanthurus |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Descriptiones animalium ...: 59 |
| Synonym | Acanthurus Forsskål, 1775 |
| Synonym | Type: Chaetodon sohal Forsskål by subs. design. of Jordan, 1917: 33. |
| Synonym | Theutis Bonnaterre, 1788, Tabl. méth. Ichth.: 156 (type: Theutis hepatus, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Theutys Gouan, 1770, Historia Piscium: 105 (type: Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus, by subs. design. of Fowler and Bean, 1 |
| Synonym | Teuthis Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. XII: 507 (type: Teuthis javus by subs. design., suppr. by opinion 93, ibid |
| Synonym | Hepatus Gronow, 1763, Zoophylacium: 113 (suppressed by Opinion 89; Xth Intern. Cong. zool., Annex.: 1608). |