| Valid name | Pomadasys |
| Synonym | Type: Sciaena argentea, Forsskal = Pomadasys argenteus Lacepède, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Pomadasys Lacepède, 1802 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Histoire naturelle des Poissons, 4: 515 |
| Synonym | Anomalodon S. Bowdich, 1825, Excurs. Madeira: 237 (type: Anomalodon incisus Bowdich, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Pomadasis Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 345. |
| Synonym | Pristipomus Schinz, 1822, in Cuvier, Das Thierreich ...,1: 453 (type: Lutjanus hasta Bloch). |
| Synonym | Dacymba Jordan and Hubbs, 1917, Ann. Carnegie Aus., 9: 464 (type: Pristipoma bennetti Lowe, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Polotus Blyth, 1858, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 28: 283 (type: Polotus nitidus Blyth). |
| Synonym | Orthopristis Girard, 1859, U.S. Mex. Bound. Survey, 15: 167 (type: Orthopristis duplex Girard = Perca chrysopte |
| Synonym | 'Les Pristipomes' Cuvier, 1814, Bull. Soc. philom. Paris: 90 (type: Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790). |
| Synonym | Pristipoma Cuvier, 1829, Règne animal, ed. II, 2: 176 (type: Lutjanus hasta Bloch, 1790). |
| Synonym | Haemulopsis Steindachner, 1870, Sitz. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 60 (1): 124 (type: Haemulopsis nitidum Steindachner, 18 |
| Synonym | Rhonciscus Jordan and Evermann, 1896, Buu. U.S. natn. Mus., 47: 387 (type: Pomadasis crocro (Cuvier, 1830), by mon |
| Synonym | Rhencus Jordan and Evermann, 1896, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 47: 387 (type: Pomadasis panamensis (Steindachner, 1875) |