Typový druh
Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis Orr & Busby, 2001.
Původní popis
Orr J. W. & Busby M. S. 2001. Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis, a new genus and species of the fish family Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. v. 114 (no. 1). 51-57.