Typový druh
Dentectus barbarmatus Martín Salazar, Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982.
Původní popis
Martín Salazar F. J., Isbrücker I. J. H. & H. Nijssen 1982. Dentectus barbarmatus, a new genus and species of mailed catfish from the Orinoco Basin of Venezuela (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Beaufortia v. 32 (no. 8). 125-137.