Typový druh
Lachneratus phasmaticus Fraser & Struhsaker, 1991.
Původní popis
Fraser T. H. & Struhsaker P. J. 1991. A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Apogonidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a key to Apogonine genera. Copeia 1991 (no. 3). 718-722.