- Acanthaluteres Bleeker, 1865
— 2 spp.
- Acreichthys Fraser-Brunner, 1941
— 3 spp.
- Aluterus Cloquet, 1816
— 11 spp.
- Amanses Gray, 1835
— 2 spp.
- Anacanthus Gray, 1830
— 1 sp.
Arotrolepis Fraser-Brunner, 1941
Bigener
- Bigener Hutchins, 1977; (no revision)
Blandowskius Whitley, 1931
- Brachaluteres Bleeker, 1865
— 4 spp.
- Cantheschenia Hutchins, 1977
— 2 spp.
- Chaetodermis Swainson, 1839
— 1 sp.
- Colurodontis
— 1 sp.
- Eubalichthys Whitley, 1930
— 6 spp.
- Lalmohania Hutchins, 1994
— 1 sp.
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- Meuschenia Whitley, 1929
— 6 spp.
- Monacanthus Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817
— 50 spp.
Navodon Whitley, 1930
Nelus Whitley, 1930
- Nelusetta Whitley, 1939
— 1 sp.
- Oxymonacanthus Bleeker, 1865
— 2 spp.
- Paraluteres Bleeker, 1865
— 2 spp.
- Paramonacanthus Bleeker, 1865
— 11 spp.
- Parika Whitley, 1955
— 1 sp.
- Penicipelta Whitley, 1947
— 1 sp.
- Pervagor Whitley, 1930
— 8 spp.
- Pogonognathus
— 1 sp.
- Pseudalutarius Bleeker, 1865
— 1 sp.
- Pseudomonacanthus Bleeker, 1865
— 9 spp.
Psilocephalus Swainson, 1839
- Rudarius Jordan & Fowler, 1902
— 3 spp.
- Scobinichthys Whitley, 1931
— 1 sp.
- Stephanolepis Gill, 1861
— 6 spp.
- Thamnaconus Smith, 1949
— 13 spp.