Synonyma
Leptoligoplites Fowler, 1944 ― Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert & Starks, 1904
Typový druh
Gasterosteus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758.
Původní popis
Gill T. N. 1863. Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America, presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 15. 162-174.