• Pterophyllum A.T. Brongniart, 1825 † [Family: Williamsoniaceae]
• Pterophyllum Harris in Hitchcock, 1833 † accepted as Pterophylla Kirby, 1825 [Family: Tettigoniidae]
• Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840 [Family: Cichlidae]
• Pterophyllum altum Pellegrin, 1903
• Pterophyllum dumerilii (Castelnau, 1855) accepted as Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)
• Pterophyllum eimekei Ahl, 1928 accepted as Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)
• Pterophyllum jaegeri †
• Pterophyllum leopoldi (Gosse, 1963)
• Pterophyllum multilineatum †
• Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823)