Typový druh
Kryptophanaron harveyi Rosenblatt & Montgomery, 1976.
Původní popis
Johnson G. D. & Rosenblatt R. H. 1988. Mechanisms of light organ occlusion in flashlight fishes, family Anomalopidae (Teleostei: Beryciformes), and the evolution of the group. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. v. 94 (no. 1). 65-96.