Typový druh
Mastigopterus imperator Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Původní popis
Radcliffe L. 1913. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise ... "Albatross," 1907-1910.--No. 24.] Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. v. 44 (no. 1948). 135-176.
Použitá literatura
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web electronic publication.