Typový druh
Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862.
Původní popis
Günther A. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum. Cat. Fishes v. 4. i-xxi + 1-534.