Typový druh
Sashatherina giganteus Ivantsoff & Allen, 2011.
Původní popis
Ivantsoff, W. & Allen, G. R. 2011. A new species and genus of a large and unusual freshwater hardyhead, Sashatherina giganteus (Pisces: Atherinidae) from West Papua, Indonesia and a comparison with its closest relatives of the genus Craterocephalus. aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, 17 (1): 43-57.