Synonyma
Luxilinus Jordan, 1885 ― Leucosomus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1854
Typový druh
Lavinia exilicauda Baird & Girard, 1854.
Původní popis
Girard C. F. 1854. Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 7. 129-140.