| Valid name | Serranus |
| Synonym | Serranus Cuvier, 1817 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Règne anim., 2: 276 |
| Synonym | Paracentropristis Klunzinger, 1884, Fische Roth. Meeres: 16 (type: Labrus hepatus Linnaeus, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Type: Perca cabrilla Linnaeus, by plenary powers of I.C.N.Z., Opinion 93, 1926. |
| Synonym | Serranellus Jordan and Eigenmann, 1890, Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn, 1888 (1890), 8: 399 (type: Perca scriba Linnaeus, |