Typový druh
Paracaristius heemstrai Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006..
Původní popis
Stevenson, D. E. & Kenaley, C. P. 2011. Revision of the manefish genus Paracaristius (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae). with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 2011 (no. 3): 385-399.