Typový druh
Benthobatis moresbyi Alcock, 1898.
Původní popis
Alcock, A. W. 1898. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey ship `Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 25. A note on the deep-sea fishes, with descriptions of some new genera and species, including another probably viviparous ophidioid. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) v. 2 (no. 8): 136-156.