Synonyma
Acanthocottus Girard, 1850 ― Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829
Ainocottus Jordan & Starks, 1904 ― Ainocottus ensiger Jordan & Starks, 1904
Boreocottus Gill, 1859 ― Boreocottus axillaris Gill, 1859
Littocottus Neelov, 1979 ― Cottus niger Bean, 1881
Oncocottus Gill, 1862 ― Cottus quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758
Onchocottus Gill, 1861 ― Cottus hexacornis of Storer, 1846
Ptyonotus Günther, 1860 ― Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851
Triglopsis Girard, 1851 ― Triglopsis thompsonii Girard, 1851
Girard, C. F. 1851. A new genus of American cottoids. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 4 (1851-1854): 18-19.
Typový druh
Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
Původní popis
Tilesius W. G. von 1811. Piscium Camtschaticorum descriptiones et icones. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. v. 3. 225-285.