| Valid name | Lepidopus |
| Synonym | Type: Lepidopus gouani Goüan = L. caudatus (Euphr.). |
| Synonym | Lepidopus Goüan, 1770 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Hist. Piscium: 107, 185 |
| Synonym | Scarcina Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 20 (type: Scarcina argyrea Rafinesque, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Ziphotheca Montagu, 1811, Mem. Werner. nat. Hist. Soc., 1: 81 (type: Ziphotheca tetradens Montagu, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Vandellius Shaw, 1803, Gen. Zool., 4 (2): 199 (type: Vandellius lusitanicus Shaw, by monotypy). |