Synonyma
Levanaora Whitley, 1933 ― Platycephalus isacanthus Cuvier, 1829
Typový druh
Platycephalus japonicus Tilesius, 1812
Původní popis
Jordan D. S. & Thompson W. F. 1913. Notes on a collection of fishes from the island of Shikoku in Japan, with a description of a new species, Gnathypops iyonis. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 46 (no. 2011). 65-72.