Typový druh
Apistus barbatus Cuvier, 1829.
Původní popis
Günther A. 1860. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. 2. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. London. Cat. Fishes v. 2. i-xxi + 1-548.