Typový druh
Protoblepharon rosenblatti Baldwin, Johnson & Paxton, 1997.
Původní popis
Baldwin, C. C., G. D. Johnson & J. R. Paxton. 1997. Protoblepharon rosenblatti, a new genus and species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae) from the tropical South Pacific, with comments on anomalopid phylogeny. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. v. 110 (3): 373-383.