| Valid name | Bathypterois |
| Synonym | Bathypterois Günther, 1878 |
| Synonym | Type: B. Longifilis Günther, by subs. design. of Jordan and Evermann, 1896. |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (5) 2: 183 |
| Synonym | Skagerakia Nybelin, 1947, Ark. Zool., 38B (2): 4 (type: S. nilssoni Nybelin, by monotypy = B. grallator Goo |
| Synonym | Benthosaurus Goode and Bean, 1886, Gender: M. Bull Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 12 (5): 168 (type: B. grallator Goode |