| Valid name | Myoxocephalus |
| Synonym | Myoxocephalus (Steller) Tilesius, 1811 |
| Synonym | Type: M. stelleri Tilesius, 1811, 'Awatscha', by monotypy; seas of the Far East. |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Mém. Ac. Sci. St.-Pétersb., 3: 273 |
| Synonym | Onchocottus Gill, 1862, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad, 13, Suppl.: 42 (type: Cottus hexacornis Richardson, 1823, by |
| Synonym | Acanthocottus Girard, 1851, Proc. Bost. Soc. nat. Hist., 3: 185 (type: Cottus groenlandicus Sauvage, 1878: 137). |
| Synonym | Oncocottus Gill, 1863, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 1862 (1863), 14: 13 (type: Cottus quadricornis L., 1758, by |