| Valid name | Trachinus |
| Synonym | Trachinus (Artedi) Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonym | Type: T. draco L., 1758, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Echiichthys Cuvier, 1829, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Corystion Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 24 (type: C. Mustazola Rafinesque, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Gender:M; Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758: 250 |
| Synonym | Pseudotrachinus Cuvier, 1829, by subsequent designation of Jordan, 1919: 301). |