| Valid name | Upeneus |
| Synonym | Upeneus Cuvier, 1829 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Règne animal, ed. II, 2: 157 |
| Synonym | Upeneoides Bleeker, 1849, Verh. Bat. Gen.: 64 (type: Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Type: Mullus vittatus Forsskål, 1775, by subs. design. of Bleeker, 1876: 333, Djedda, Red Sea. |
| Synonym | Hypeneus Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool.: 190 (type: Mullus bifasciatus Lacepède, 1801, by subs. design. of Jordan, |