Synonyma
Aleposomus Roule (ex Brauer), 1915 ― Xenodermichthys guentheri Alcock, 1892
Auchenalepoceps Fowler, 1943 ― Xenodermichthys funebris Fowler, 1943
Bathypropteron Fowler, 1934 ― Aleposomus nudus Brauer, 1906
Caudania Roule, 1935 ― Bathytroctes mollis Köhler, 1896
Typový druh
Xenodermichthys guentheri Alcock, 1892..
Původní popis
Jordan, D. S. 1923. A classification of fishes including families and genera as far as known. Stanford Univ. Publ., Univ. Ser., Biol. Sci. v. 3 (no. 2). 77-243 + i-x.