| Valid name | Pomatoschistus |
| Synonym | Type: Gobius minutus Pallas, 1770, by orig. design. |
| Synonym | Engrauligobius Heckel, 1840, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Pomatoschistus Gill, 1864 |
| Synonym | Syrrhothonus Chabanaud, 1933, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Potamochistus Swedmark, 1868, Cah. Biol. Mar., 9: 306 (error for Pomatoschistus). |
| Synonym | Pomatochistus Lozano Rey, 1960, Mem. Acad. Cienc. Madrid, ser. Cienc. nat., 14 (3): 76 (error for Pomatoschistus G |
| Synonym | Iljinia de Buen, 1930, ibid.: 130 (type: Gobius microps Krøyer, 1838, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Proc. Acad. nar. Sci. Philad., 1863 (1864), 15: 263 |
| Synonym | Ninnia de Buen, 1930, Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc., 10: 130 (type: Gobius canestrini Ninni, 1883, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Ninnigobius Whitley, 1951, Proc. Roy. zool. Soc. NSW, 1949-1950: 68 (repl. for Ninnia de Buen, 1930). |