Synonyma
Batanga Herre, 1946 ― Eleotris lebretonis Steindachner, 1870
Herre A. W. C. T. 1946. New genera of Eleotridae and Gobiidae and one new species from West Africa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. v. 59. 121-126.
Lophodormitator Hoedeman, 1952 ― Dormitator lophocephalus Hoedeman, 1951
Typový druh
Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858.
Původní popis
Gill T. N. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 13 (Suppl.). 1-63.