| Valid name | Xyrichthys |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Bull. Soc. philom. Paris: 87 |
| Synonym | Type: Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758, by orig. design., misprinted Xyrichlys, also spelt Xyrichthys by |
| Synonym | Xyrichthys Cuvier, 1814, apud A. D. |
| Synonym | Amorphocephalus S. Bowdich, 1825, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Xyrichtys Cuvier, 1815, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 1: 329. |
| Synonym | Hemipteronotus Lacepède, 1801, Hist. nat. Poiss., 3: 214 (type: H. quinquemaculatus Lacepède, 1801 = Coryphaena |
| Synonym | Novacula Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 265 (type: Coryphaena novacula Linnaeus, 1758, by tautonymy). |
| Synonym | Xirichthys Cuvier, 1829, Règne animal, 2: 262, for Xyrichtys Cuvier, 1815. |