Typový druh
Genypterus omostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1882.
Původní popis
Jordan D. S. 1885. A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on species discovered in 1883 and 1884. Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 13 [1885]. 789-973.