Synonyma
Nesiotes De Vis, 1884 ― Nesiotes purpurascens De Vis, 1884
Typový druh
Nesiotes purpurascens De Vis, 1884.
Původní popis
Myers G. S. 1940. Suppression of some preoccupied generic names of fishes (Kessleria, Entomolepis, Pterodiscus and Nesiotes), with a note on Pterophyllum. Stanford Ichthyol. Bull. v. 2 (no. 1). 35-36.