Typový druh
Haplochilichthys pelagicus Worthington, 1932.
Původní popis
Huber J. H. 1982. A review of cyprinodont fauna of the coastal plain in Rio Muni, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda and Zaire with taxonomic shifts in Aphyosemion, Epiplatys and West African procatopodins. British Killifish Assoc. Publ. Cyprinodont Fauna. 1-46.