Typový druh
Stauroglanis gouldingi de Pinna, 1989.
Původní popis
de Pinna M. C. C. 1989. A new Scarcoglanidine catfish, phylogeny of its subfamily, and an appraisal of the phyletic status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae). Am. Mus. Novit. No. 2950. 1-39.