Typový druh
Ataxolepis apus Myers & Freihofer, 1966.
Původní popis
Myers, G. S. & Freihofer, W. C. 1966. Megalomycteridae, a previously unrecognized family of deep-sea cetomimiform fishes based on two new genera from the North Atlantic. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 8 (no. 3): 193-207.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.