Typový druh
Amia conklini Silvester, 1915.
Původní popis
Fraser T. H. & Robins C. R. 1970. The R/V Pillsbury deep-sea biological expedition to the Gulf of Guinea, 1964-65. 18. A new Atlantic genus of cardinalfishes with comments on some species from the Gulf of Guinea. Stud. Tropical Oceanogr. No. 4 (pt 2). 302-315.