| Valid name | Makaira |
| Synonym | Makaira Lacepède, 1802 |
| Synonym | Orthocraeros Mowbray, 1931, Fauna Bermud., (1): pl. I (fi). 1)). |
| Synonym | Type: Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802, based on a drawing of a 365 kg specimen washed ashore at Ile de Re, Bay of Biscay |
| Synonym | Macaria Nardo, 1833, Isis (Oken), XXVI: 418 (emended spelling of Makaira). |
| Synonym | Machaera Cuvier, 1832, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., 1: 43, pl. 3 (type: Machaera velifera Cuvier, by monotypy, emen |
| Synonym | Istiompax Whitley, 1931, Austral. Zool., 6: 321 (type: Istiompax australis (nomen nudum)). |
| Synonym | Eumakaira Hirasaka and Nakamura, 1947, Bull. oceanogr. Inst. Taiwan, (3): 16, pl. 2 (fi). 2) (type: Eumakaira nigra |
| Synonym | Tetrapturus: Cuvier, 1832, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 8: 293 (type: Tetrapturus indicus Cuvier non Rafinesque, 18 |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Hist. nat. Poiss., 4: 689-697, pl. 13 (fi). 3) |