| Valid name | Taurulus |
| Synonym | Ceratocottus (nec Gill), Acanthocottus (nec Girard), Aspicottus (nec Girard), Enophrys |
| Synonym | Type: Cottus bubalis Euphrasen, 1786, by monotypy, subgenus. |
| Synonym | Taurulus Gratzianov, 1907 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Versuch Übersicht Fische Russisch. Reich., 4: 296 |
| Synonym | Micrenophrys Andriashev (subgenus), 1954, Fish. North. Seas USSR: 400 (type: Cottus lilljeborgi Collett, 1875, by |
| Synonym | Parenophrys Taranetz, 1941, Bull Acad. Sci. USSR, 3: 433 (type: Cottus bubalis Euphr., 1786, by orig. design.) |