Pomatomus Lacepède, 1802
Gender: M; Hist. nat. Poissons, 4: 435-436, pl. 8 (fi). 3)
Type: Pomatomus skib Lacepède, by monotypy, nec Pomatomus Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 301 and Cuvier, 1828, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons, 2: 171 = Epigonus Rafinesque.
Synonyms
Saltatrix Catesby, 1771, Nat. Hist. Carolina, 2: 14 (type: Perca saltratrix L., by tautonymy). Inadmissible.
Cheilodipterus Lacepède, 1801, Hist. nat. Poissons, 3: 539 (pro parte: Ch. heptacanthus)
Lopharis Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt. Gen. Spec. Sicil.: 52 (type: Perca lophar Forsskal, by orig. design.)
Gonenion Rafinesque, 1810, ibid.: 53 (type: Gonenion Serra Raf., by monotypy) (in the index: Gonenias (sic))
Les Temnodons Cuvier, 1817, Règne animal, 2: 346 (type: Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lac., by orig. design. and 1829, Regne animal., ed. II, 2: 206.
Temnodon Schinz, 1822, in Cuvier, Tierreich, 2: 547, ex Cuvier vernac. (type: Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lac., by monotypy).
Sypterus Eichwald, 1831, Zool. Spec: 69 (type: S. pallasii Eichwald, by monotypy = Scomber sypterus Pallas).
Chromis Gronow (ex Garden), 1854, Cat. Fishes . . .: 149 (type: Chr. epicurorum Gronow), nec Cuvier, 1814.
Cheilodipterus Bleeker, 1874, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wetensch., Haarlem, (3), 2: 74 (type: Ch. hexacanthus (sic) Lac., by monotypy = Cheilodipterus Lac. pro parte.
Sparactodon Rochebrune, 1880, Bull. Soc. philom. Paris, (7) 4: 162 (type: Sp. nalnal Roch., by monotypy).
Temnedon (err. typ.): Borcea, 1936: 222 | Carausu, 1952: 633 | Banarescu, 1964: 727.
Pomatosus (err. typ.): Tortonese, 1965: 118.