| Valid name | Istiophorus |
| Synonym | Istiophorus Lacepède, 1801 |
| Synonym | Notistium Hermann, 1804, Obs. zool.: 305 (type: Notistium gladius Hermann, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Hist. nat. Poiss., 3: 374-375 |
| Synonym | Zanclurus Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Amphib., etc., 2: 239 (based on Histiophorus indicus Cuvier). |
| Synonym | Type: Scomber gladifer Lacepède, based on Broussonet's 'Le voilier', Mém. Acad. Sci., 1786: 450-455, pl. X. Type: localit |
| Synonym | Histiophorus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832, Hist. nat. Poiss., 8: 291-292 (type: Histiophorus americanus |
| Synonym | Skeponopodus Nardo, 1833, Isis (Oken), XXVI(4):416-420 (type: Skeponopodus guebucu Nardo, based on Marcgrave's |