Typový druh
Panaqolus koko Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012..
Původní popis
Lujan, N. K., Cramer, C. A., Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S. & López-Fernández, H., 2017. Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the ornamental wood-eating catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals undescribed diversity and parapatric clades. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution v. 109: [1-37] 321-336.