Typový druh
Crenichthys nevadae Hubbs, 1932.
Původní popis
Hubbs, C. L. 1932. Studies of the fishes of the order Cyprinodontes. XII. A new genus related to Empetrichthys. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 252: 1-5, Pl. 1.
