Typový druh
Acanthocottus profundorum Gilbert, 1896.
Původní popis
Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. 1896. A check-list of the fishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 21 (for 1895) Appendix 5: 207-584.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.