Synonyma
Lycodon Kner, 1860 ― Cynopotamus molossus Kner, 1858
Kner, R. 1860. Zur Familie der Characinen. III. Folge der ichthyologischen Beiträge. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 18: 9-62, Pls. 1-8.
Xiphocharax Fowler, 1914 ― Xiphocharax ogilviei Fowler, 1914
Fowler, H. W. 1914. Fishes from the Rupununi River, British Guiana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 66: 229-284.
Typový druh
Cynopotamus molossus Kner, 1858.
Původní popis
Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.