Typový druh
Pygidianops eigenmanni Myers, 1944.
Původní popis
Myers G. S. 1944. Two extraordinary new blind nematognath fishes from the Rio Negro, representing a new subfamily of Pygidiidae, with a rearrangement of the genera of the family, and illustrations of some previously described genera and species from Venezuela and Brazil. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) v. 23 (no. 40). 591-602.