Typový druh
Malthe elater Jordan & Gilbert, 1881.
Původní popis
Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. 1896. A check-list of the fishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America. Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. v. 21 [1895] Append. 5: 207-584.
Použitá literatura
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web electronic publication.