Typový druh
Arius platypogon Günther, 1864..
Původní popis
Betancur-R., R., A. P. Acero, E. Bermingham, E. & Cooke, R. 2007. Systematics and biogeography of New World sea catfishes (Siluriformes: Ariidae) as inferred from mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution v. 45: 339-357.