| Valid name | Pomatomus |
| Synonym | Pomatomus Lacepède, 1802 |
| Synonym | Lopharis Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 52 (type: Perca lophar Forsskal, by orig. design.) |
| Synonym | Gonenion Rafinesque, 1810, ibid.: 53 (type: Gonenion Serra Raf., by monotypy) (in the index: Gonenias (s |
| Synonym | Sypterus Eichwald, 1831, Zool. Spec: 69 (type: S. pallasii Eichwald, by monotypy = Scomber sypterus Pallas) |
| Synonym | Saltatrix Catesby, 1771, Nat. Hist. Carolina, 2: 14 (type: Perca saltratrix L., by tautonymy). Inadmissible. |
| Synonym | Pomatosus (err. typ.): Tortonese, 1965: 118. |
| Synonym | Cheilodipterus Lacepède, 1801, Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 539 (pro parte: Ch. heptacanthus) |
| Synonym | Temnodon Schinz, 1822, in Cuvier, Tierreich, 2: 547, ex Cuvier vernac. (type: Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lac., by |
| Synonym | Cheilodipterus Bleeker, 1874, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wetensch., Haarlem, (3), 2: 74 (type: Ch. hexacanthus (sic |
| Synonym | Sparactodon Rochebrune, 1880, Bull. Soc. philom. Paris, (7) 4: 162 (type: Sp. nalnal Roch., by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Hist. nat. Poissons, 4: 435-436, pl. 8 (fi). 3) |
| Synonym | Type: Pomatomus skib Lacepède, by monotypy, nec Pomatomus Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 301 and Cuvier, 1828, in Cu |
| Synonym | Chromis Gronow (ex Garden), 1854, Cat. Fishes . . .: 149 (type: Chr. epicurorum Gronow), nec Cuvier, 1814. |
| Synonym | Les Temnodons Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 346 (type: Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lac., by orig. design. and 1829, Regn |
| Synonym | Temnedon (err. typ.): Borcea, 1936: 222 | Banarescu, 1964: 727. |