• Pterois Oken, 1817
• Pterois (Pteropterus) Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pterois Oken, 1817
• Pterois andover Allen & Erdmann, 2008
• Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)
• Pterois barberi Steindachner, 1900 accepted as Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner, 1900)
• Pterois bleekeri Döderlein, 1884 accepted as Ebosia bleekeri (Döderlein, 1884)
• Pterois brachyptera Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829)
• Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa, 2002)
• Pterois cincta Rüppell, 1838
• Pterois geniserra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
• Pterois heterurus Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
• Pterois kodipungi Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
• Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
• Pterois macrura Alcock, 1896 accepted as Parapterois macrura (Alcock, 1896)
• Pterois mambassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
• Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
• Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
• Pterois mombassae (Smith, 1957) accepted as Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
• Pterois muricata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)
• Pterois natalensis von Bonde, 1923 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
• Pterois nigripinnis Gilchrist, 1904 accepted as Parapterois heterura (Bleeker, 1856)
• Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura, 2015
• Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829
• Pterois russeli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
• Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
• Pterois russelli Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
• Pterois russellii Bennett, 1831 accepted as Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
• Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann, 1903
• Pterois vittata Sauvage, 1878 accepted as Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829
• Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pterois zebra Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)