Typový druh
Typhlobelus ternetzi Myers, 1944
Původní popis
Myers G. S. 1944. Two extraordinary new blind nematognath fishes from the Rio Negro, representing a new subfamily of Pygidiidae, with a rearrangement of the genera of the family, and illustrations of some previously described genera and species from Venezuela and Brazil. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) v. 23 (no. 40). 591-602.