Typový druh
Pteropsaron verecundum Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Původní popis
Jordan D. S. & Starks E. C. 1904. List of fishes dredged by the steamer Albatross off the coast of Japan in the summer of 1900, with descriptions of new species and a review of the Japanese Macrouridae. Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 22 [1902]. 577-630.
