| Valid name | Benthophilus |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Zool. spec., 3: 77 |
| Synonym | Type: Gobius macrocephalus Pallas, 1787, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Benthophilus Eichwald, 1831 |
| Synonym | Hexacanthus Nordmann, 1838, Bull. Sci. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 3: 332 (type: G. macrocephalus Pallas, by mon |
| Synonym | Doliichthys Sauvage, 1874, Rev. Mag. Zool, (3), 2: 336 (type: Doliichthys stellatus Sauvage, 1874, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Bentophilus Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 2: 139; 1838, Arch. Naturgesch., 4: 102 (emend. for Benthophi |