Typový druh
Notopterus nigri Günther, 1868.
Původní popis
Günther, A. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the colelction of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 7: i-xx + 1-512.