Typový druh
Barbantus aequipinnis Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987.
Původní popis
Sazonov Yu. I. 1992. Matsuichthys Gen. novum -- a new genus of fishes of the family Platytroctidae with notes on classification of the subfamily Platytroctinae. Voprosy Ikhtiol. v. 32 (no. 1). 3-12.