Typový druh
Pleurolepis asprellus Jordan, 1878.
Původní popis
Jordan, D. S. 1885. A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on species discovered in 1883 and 1884. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 13 (1885): 789-973.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.