Typový druh
Macrouroides inflaticeps Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
Původní popis
Radcliffe L. 1912. Descriptions of a new family, two new genera, and twenty-nine new species of anacanthine fishes from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-1910.--No. 21.] Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 43 (no. 1924). 105-140.