Synonyma
Ophiocephalops Fowler, 1906 ― Erythrinus unitaeniatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Fowler, H. W. 1906. Further knowledge of some heterognathous fishes. Part I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58: 293-351.
Pseuderythrinus Hoedeman, 1950 ― Pseuderythrinus rosapinnis Hoedeman, 1950
Hoedeman, J. J. 1950. A new characid-erythrinine fish (Pseuderythrinus rosapinnis gen. et. sp. nov.). Amsterdam Naturalist (Bulletin of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam) v. 1 (no. 3): 79-91.
Typový druh
Erythrinus unitaeniatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829.
Původní popis
Gill, T. N. 1896. The differential characters of characinoid and erythrinoid fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 18 (no. 1056): 205-209.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.