Typový druh
Mesobius berryi Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977..
Původní popis
Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. 2016. Mesovagus, a replacement name for the grenadier genus Mesobius Hubbs and Iwamoto 1977 (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae), a junior homonym of Mesobius Chamberlin 1951 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae). Ichthyological Research v. 64 (no. 1): [1-3] 120-122.