Typový druh
Pherallodichthys meshimaensis Shiogaki & Dotsu, 1983.
Původní popis
Shiogaki M. & Dotsu Y. 1983. Two new genera and two new species of clingfishes from Japan, with comments on head sensory canals of the Gobiesocidae. Jpn. J. Ichthyol. v. 30 (no. 2). 111-121.