Synonyma
Archagonus Lütken, 1877 ― Agonus decagonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Typový druh
Aspidophorus spinosissimus Kroyer, 1845.
Původní popis
Gill, T. N. 1861. Notes on some genera of fishes of the western coast of North America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 13. 164-168.