Synonyma
Lepidopristis Fowler, 1944 ― Orthopristis forbesi Jordan & Starks, 1897
Lepthaemulon Fowler & Bean, 1923 ― Orthopristis rhabdotus Fowler & Bean, 1923
Pristocantharus Gill, 1862 ― Pristipoma cantharinum Jenyns, 1840
Typový druh
Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858
Původní popis
Girard, C. F. 1858. Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 10: 167-171.
