Typový druh
Anoptoplacus pygmaeus Smith-Vaniz, 2017.
Původní popis
Smith-Vaniz, W. F. 2017. Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of Caribbean deep-water jawfishes (Teleostei: Opistognathidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 26: 46-58.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.