Typový druh
Acanthanectes hystrix Holleman & Buxton 1993.
Původní popis
Holleman, W. & Buxton, C. D. 1993. Acanthanectes, a new genus of triplefin with two new species from the southern coast of South Africa (Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae). Cybium v. 17 (no. 4): 327-342.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.