Typový druh
Pyrolycus manusanus Machida & Hashimoto, 2002.
Původní popis
Machida Y. & Hashimoto J. 2002. Pyrolycus manusanus, a new genus and species of deep-sea eelpout from a hydrothermal vent field in the Manus basin, Papua New Guinea (Zoarcidae, Lycodinae). Ichth. Research v. 49 (no. 1). 1-6.