Typový druh
Apogon evermanni Jordan & Snyder, 1904.
Původní popis
Fraser, T. H. 1972. Comparative osteology of the shallow water cardinal fishes with reference to the systematics and evolution of the family. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 34: i-v + 1-105, Pls. 1-44.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.