Typový druh
Amarginops platus Nichols & Griscom, 1917.
Původní popis
Nichols, J. T. & Griscom, L. 1917. Fresh-water fishes of the Congo basin obtained by the American Museum Congo expedition, 1909-1915. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. v. 37 (art. 25): 653-756, Pls. 64-83.