Synonyma
Tristichodus Boulenger, 1920 ― Tristichodus christyi Boulenger, 1920
Typový druh
Microstomatichthyoborus bashforddeani Nichols & Griscom, 1917.
Původní popis
Nichols, J. T. & L. Griscom 1917. Fresh-water fishes of the Congo basin obtained by the American Museum Congo expedition, 1909-1915. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. v. 37 (art. 25): 653-756, Pls. 64-83.