Typový druh
Urocampus nanus Günther, 1870.
Původní popis
Günther A. 1870. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 8. i-xxv + 1-549.