Typový druh
Halaphritis platycephala Last, Balushkin & Hitchins, 2002.
Původní popis
Last P. R., Balushkin A. V. & and J. B. Hutchins 2002. Halaphritis platycephala (Notothenioidei: Bovichtidae): a new genus and species of temperate icefish from southeastern Australia. Copeia 2002 (no. 2). 433-440.