Typový druh
Protocobitis typhlops Yang, Chen & Lan in Yang & Chen, 1993.
Původní popis
Yang, J.-X. & Chen, Y.-R. 1993. The cavefishes from Duan, Guangxi, China with comments on their adaptations to cave habits. Proceedings of the XI International Congress Speleology (Beijing, China). 124-126.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.