| Valid name | Aphia |
| Synonym | Aphia Risso, 1826 |
| Synonym | Type: Atherina minuta Risso, 1826, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Hist. nat. Eur. mérid., 3: 287 |
| Synonym | Brachyochirus Bonaparte, 1845, Cat. met. Pesci. Eur.: 64 (emend. for Brachyochyrus Nardo). |
| Synonym | Brachyochyrus Nardo, 1844, Atti Congr. Sci. Ital., 1 (Zool.): 76 (without type-species). |
| Synonym | Aphya Agassiz, 1846, Nomen. zool. Index Univ. (emend. for Aphia Risso, 1826). |
| Synonym | Aphyogobius Whitley, 1931, Austr. Zool., Sydney, 6: 334 (repl. for Latrunculus Günther). |
| Synonym | Boreogobius Gill, 1863, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.: 269 (type: Gobius stuvitzii von Duben, 1845, by orig. desig |
| Synonym | Latrunculus Günther, 1861, Cat. Acanth. Fish., 3: 2, 80 (type: Gobius albus Parnell, 1838, by orig. design.) (not |