Typový druh
Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1983
Původní popis
Merrett N. R., Sazonov Yu. I. & Yu. N. Shcherbachev 1983. A new genus and species of rattail fish (Macrouridae) from the eastern North Atlantic and eastern Indian Ocean, with notes on its ecology. J. Fish Biol. v. 22 (no. 5). 549-561.
