Typový druh
Petalichthys capensis Regan, 1904.
Původní popis
Regan, C. T. 1904. Descriptions of three new marine fishes from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 14 (no. 80) (art. 16): 128-130.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.