Synonyma
Phaethonichthys Nichols, 1923 ― Phaethonichthys tuberculatus Nichols, 1923
Nichols, J. T. 1923. Two new fishes from the Pacific Ocean. American Museum Novitates No. 94: 1-3.
Typový druh
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758.
Původní popis
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.). Holmiae. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.