Typový druh
Heterostichus rostratus Girard, 1854.
Původní popis
Girard C. F. 1854. Observations upon a collection of fishes made on the Pacific coast of the United States, by Lieut. W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A., for the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 7. 142-156.