Typový druh
Polynemus indicus Shaw, 1804
Původní popis
Motomura H. & Iwatsuki Y. 2001. A new genus, Leptomelanosoma, for the polynemid fish previously known as Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) and a redescription of the species. Ichth. Research v. 48 (no. 1). 13-21.