Synonyma
Hystricodon Günther, 1864 ― Exodon paradoxus Müller & Troschel, 1844
Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.
Typový druh
Exodon paradoxus Müller & Troschel, 1844.
Původní popis
Müller, J. & Troschel, F. H. 1844. Synopsis generum et specierum familiae Characinorum. (Prodromus descriptionis novorum generum et specierum). Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1): 81-99 + foldout table (opposite p. 99).
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.