Synonyma
Phagrus Marcusen, 1864 ― Mormyrus dorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
Marcusen, J. 1864. Die Familie der Mormyren. Eine anatomisch-zoologische Abhandlung. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg (5. Série) v. 7 (no. 4): 1-162, Pls. 1-5.
Typový druh
Mormyrus dorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809.
Původní popis
Gill, T. N. 1862. On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14: 134-139.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.