Synonyma
Heteroprosopon Bleeker, 1862 ― Platessa cornuta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Typový druh
Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854.
Původní popis
Girard C. F. 1854. Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 7. 129-140.
Přehled druhů
Pleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854
Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856
Pleuronichthys lighti Wu, 1929
Pleuronichthys macrocephalus (Breder, 1936)
Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & Thompson, 1910
Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907
Pleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880