Typový druh
Acinocheirodon melanogramma Malabarba & Weitzman, 1999.
Původní popis
Malabarba, L. R. & Weitzman, S. H. 1999. A new genus and species of South American fishes (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) with a derived caudal fin, including comments about inseminating cheirodontines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington No. 112: 410-431.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.