Typový druh
Sternarchogiton preto de Santana & Crampton, 2007.
Původní popis
Bernt, M. J., Fronk, A. H., Evans, K. M. & Albert, J. S. 2020. A redescription of deep-channel ghost knifefish, Sternarchogiton preto (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with assignment to a new genus. Neotropical Ichthyology v. 18 (no. 1) e190126: 1-29.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.