| Valid name | Plectorhinchus |
| Synonym | Type: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Plectorhinchus Lacepède, 1801 |
| Synonym | Diagramma Cuvier, 1814: 89, 'Diagramme') (type: Anthias diagramma Bloch, by tautonymy, Indes orientales). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Plectorhinchus Lacepède, 1801, Hist. nat. Pois., 3: 134 |
| Synonym | Plectorhynchus Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 344 (type: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, Mer des Indes). |
| Synonym | Pseudo-Helotes Guimarâes, 1882, Jorn. Sci. math. phys. nat., Lisboa, 8: 222 (type: Pseudo-Helotes güntheri, by mon |
| Synonym | Plectorhincus Duméril, 1806, Zool. analyt., (126): 340 (type: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepede, Caroline). |
| Synonym | Pseudopristipoma Sauvage, 1880, Bull. Soc. phil. Paris, (7) 4: 220 (Pristipoma leucurum Valenciennes, 1833, in Cuv |