Synonyma
Catablemella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 ― Notoscopelus brachychier Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Macrostoma Risso, 1827 ― Scopelus angustidens Risso, 1820
Pareiophus
Typový druh
Lampanyctus resplendens Richardson, 1845.
Původní popis
Günther A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 5. i-xxii + 1-455.