Typový druh
Pseudocetonurus septifer Sazonov & Shcherbachev, 1982.
Původní popis
Sazonov Yu. I. & Shcherbachev Yu. N. 1982. A preliminary review of grenadiers related to the genus Cetonurus Günther (Gadiformes, Macrouridae). Description of new taxa related to the genera Cetonurus Günther and Kumba Marshall. Voprosy Ikhtiol. v. 22 (no. 5). 707-721.