Synonyma
Ctenodon Nilsson, 1855 ― Clinus maculatus Fries, 1838
Typový druh
Clinus aculeatus Reinhardt, 1837.
Původní popis
Gill T. N. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 13 (Suppl.). 1-63.