Typový druh
Sphaerophysa dianchiensis Cao & Zhu, 1988.
Původní popis
Cao W.-X. & Zhu S.-Q. 1988. A new genus and species of Nemacheilinae from Dianchi Lake, Yunnan Province in China (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Acta Zootaxon. Sin. v. 13 (no. 4). 405-408.