| Valid name | Peristedion |
| Synonym | Peristedion Lacepède, 1801 |
| Synonym | Type: Peristedion malarmat Lac., by subs. design. of Jordan and Gilbert, 1882. |
| Synonym | Gender: N; Hist. nat. Poiss., 3: 368 |
| Synonym | Peristethidium Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. zool.: 280 (type: Peristedion malarmat Lac.). |
| Synonym | Octonus Rafinesque, 1810, Indice d'Ittiologia siciliana: 29 and 54 (type: Octonus olosteon Raf., by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Peristedium Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 16: 732 (type: Peristedion malarmat Lac., subst. name |
| Synonym | Peristethus Kaup, 1858, Archiv. Naturg., 24: 332 and 336 (type: Trigla cataphracta L., by orig. design.) |