Typový druh
Parophrys vetulus Girard, 1854.
Původní popis
Girard, C. F. 1854. Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific railroad route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 7: 129-140.