| Valid name | Agonus |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Blochii Syst. Ichth.: 104 |
| Synonym | Type: Cottus cataphractus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Agonus Schneider, 1801 |
| Synonym | Aspidophorus Lacepède, 1802, Hist. nat. Poiss., 3: 221 (type: Aspidophorus armatus Lac., by monotypy = Cottus c |
| Synonym | Phalangistes Pallas, 1811, Zoogr. rosso-asiat., 3: 113 (type: Cottus cataphractus L., by monotypy). |