Typový druh
Aulichthys japonicus Brevoort, 1862.
Původní popis
Gill, T. N. 1862. On a new genus of fishes allied to *Aulorhynchus* and on the affinities of the family Aulorhynchoidae, to which it belongs. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14: 233-235.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.