Typový druh
Protolabeo protolabeo An, Liu, Zhao & Zhang, 2010.
Původní popis
An, L., Liu, B.-S., Zhao, Y.-H. & Zhang, C.-G. 2010. Protolabeo protolabeo, a new genus and a new species of labeonine fishes from southwest China (Teleostei, Cyprinindae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 35 (3).