Synonyma
Medipellona Jordan & Seale, 1926 ― Pellona bleekeriana Poey, 1867
Typový druh
Chirocentrodon taeniatus Günther, 1868.
Původní popis
Günther A. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the colelction of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 7. i-xx + 1-512.