| Valid name | Dactylopterus |
| Synonym | Type: D. pirapeda Lacepède (= Trigla volitans L.), by orig. design. |
| Synonym | Dactylopterus Lacepède, 1801 |
| Synonym | Cephalocanthus (err. typ.) Griffith, 1835: xxxiv. |
| Synonym | Pungitius Coste, 1848). |
| Synonym | Gender: ?; Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 325 |
| Synonym | Cephacandia Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse de la Nature: 85 (a substitute name for Cephalacanthus and having therefore |
| Synonym | Dactyloptera Bonaparte, 1832, Icon. Faun. Ital., 3, Pesci, Introd.: (13) |
| Synonym | Cephalacanthes (err. typ.) Griffith, 1834: 138. |
| Synonym | Cephalocanthes (err. typ.) Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fishes . . .,1838, 1: 80. |
| Synonym | Cephalacanthus Lacepède, 1801. Gender: M; Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 323 (type: C. spinarella = Gasterosteus spina |
| Synonym | Cephalacanthia L. Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool. Index universalis: 71 (a substitute name for Cephacandia Raf., 181 |
| Synonym | Gonocephalus Gronow, in Gray, 1854, Cat. Fishes . . .: 105-106 (type: G. macrocephalus Gronow (= Trigla volitan |
| Synonym | Chephalacanthus (err. typ.) Metzelaar, 1919: 147, nec Cephalacanthus (Otto MS) Beyrich, 1848 (Pisces), nec Ceph |
| Synonym | Dactylophorus Swainson, 1839, 2: 55, 179, 262 (type: D. volitans Sw. = Trigla volitans L., by subs. design. |
| Synonym | Cephalocanthus (err. typ.) Swainson, 1839, 2: 55, 179, 263. |