Typový druh
Apistes leucogaster Richardson, 1848.
Původní popis
Smith J. L. B. 1958. Fishes of the families Tetrarogidae, Caracanthidae and Synanciidae, from the western Indian Ocean with further notes on scorpaenid fishes. Ichthyol. Bull. J. L. B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. No. 12. 167-181.