Typový druh
Akawaio penak Maldonado-Ocampo, López-Fernández, Taphorn, Bernard, et al., 2014.
Původní popis
Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., López-Fernández, H., Taphorn, D. C., Bernard, C. R., Crampton, W. G. R. & Lovejoy, N. R. 2014. Akawaio penak, a new genus and species of Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) endemic to the upper Mazaruni River in the Guiana Shield. Zoologica Scripta: 1-10.
Použitá literatura
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web electronic publication.