Typový druh
Leptophilypnion pusillus Roberts, 2013.
Původní popis
Roberts, T. R. 2013. Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 19 (issue 2): 85-98.