Typový druh
Phallobrycon adenacanthus Menezes, Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2009.
Původní popis
Menezes, N. A., Ferreira, K. M. & Netto-Ferreira, A. N. 2009. A new genus and species of inseminating characid fish from the rio Xingu basin (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2167: 47–58.
