Typový druh
Cryptomyrus ogoouensis Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016..
Původní popis
Sullivan, J. P., Lavoué S. & Hopkins, C. D. 2016. Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. ZooKeys No. 561: 117-150.