Typový druh
Argonectes scapularis Böhlke & Myers, 1956.
Původní popis
Böhlke, J. E. & Myers, G. S. 1956. Studies on fishes of the family Characidae.No. 11. A new genus and species of hemiodontins from the Rio Orinoco in Venezuela. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 286: 1-6.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.