| Valid name | Gonichthys |
| Synonym | Type: Alysia loricata Lowe = Scopelus coccoi Cocco, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Gonichthys Gistel, 1850 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Isis, 1850: 71 |
| Synonym | Alysia Lowe, 1839, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 7: 87 (type: Alysia loricata Lowe = Scopelus coccoi Cocco, by mo |
| Synonym | Rhinoscopelus Lutken, 1892, K. danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., (6) 7: 232, 242 (type: Scopelus coccoi Cocco by orig. |